RULES AND REGULATIONS
— OF THE —
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY,
IPSWICH
The library will be open every afternoon, except Sundays, Mondays and
Holidays, from 2 to 6 ; and Wednesday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 9.
II
Adult residents of Ipswich are entitled to draw books by filling out
application blanks. Minors must obtain the signature of parent or guar-
dian.
Ill
Two or more books may be taken out at a time by adults, but only
one of these may be fiction. Children may take only two books.
IV
Cards will be issued to teachers, clergymen, members of study clubs,
and other special students on which books of non-fiction needed for special
study may be taken and kept four weeks.
V
Books may be kept two weeks (unless labelled Seven day book), and
may be renewed once for the same length of time.
Books marked Seven day book cannot be renewed.
VI
The last issue of any magazine cannot be taken from the library.
VII
A fine of two cents a day (Sundays, Mondays and legal holidays
excepted) will be imposed on books kept over time, and no other book will
be delivered to the person incurring the fine until it is paid.
VIII
All writing or marking on books, and all injuries beyond a reasonable
wear shall be promptly adjusted to the satisfaction of the Librarian. A book
lost must be replaced by the loser.
IX
No arrangement for the transfer of a book by the holder or by the
Librarian will be allowed.
X
All persons visiting the library will be required to demean themselves
in a quiet, orderly manner, and no loud or continued conversation will be
allowed.
1G34 1QSO
REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
IPSWICH, MASS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1919
AND THE
TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR OF THE
TOWN'S INCORPORATION.
IPSWICH, MASS.
G. A. SCHOFIELD & SON, PRINTERS.
686
1920
°o^at
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
INDEX.
PARTL
PAGE
Appropriations and Payments 60
Assessors' Report 83
Board of Health Report 104
Bonded Debt . 78
Cemeteries 53
Cemetery Trust Funds 62
Charities 39
Departmental 8
Engineers' Report 89
Health and Sanitation 27
Highway Department 30
Overseers' Report 95
Police Report 86
Protection Life and Property 18
Recreation 51
Reserve Fund 59
Sealers' Report 91
Selectmen's Report 99
Soldier's Benefits 50
Superintendent of Streets Report 93
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PAGE
Tax Collector's Report 77
Town Clerk's Report 101
Town Officers 5
Town Farm Report 44
Town Property 82
Treasurer's Report 70
Unpaid Bills 79
Unclassified 55
PART II.
Water Commissioners' Report 1
Electric Light Report 17
PART III.
Safbtfl Report
1 3
88
M)I
8V
85
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08
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81
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
TOWN OFFICERS
SELECTMEN.
Frank \V. Kyes, Chairman
Eben B. Moulton
John A. Brown
ASSESSORS.
Term expires 1920
Term expires 1921
Term -expires 1922
John W. N
ourse, Chairman
Term
expires
1922
1 Vorge Fall
Term
expires
1921
Richard R.
Glasier
OVERSEERS OF THE
Term
POOR.
expires
1920
Frank T. Goodhue, Chairman
Term
expires
1922
Charles G.
Hull
Term
expires
1921
John G. Sperling
Term
expires
1920
TOWN CLERK.
Charles W.
Bamford
Term
expires
1920
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
William J.
Riley
Term
expires
1920
TOWN ACCOUNTANT.
Frederick S. Witham
Term
expires
1922
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Herbert W
. Mason, Chairman
Term
expires
1922
George E.
MacArthur
Term
expires
1922
William J.
Riley
Term
expires
1921
Charles H.
Galligan
Term
expires
1921
Howard N.
Doughty
Term
expires
1920
Luther Wait
Term
expires
1920
WATER AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS.
Arthur H. Walton, Chairman Term expires 1921
Walter G. Brown Term expires 1922
William H. Rand Term expires 1920
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
Dr. George E. MacArthur, Chairman Term expires 1921
Aaron Lord Term expires 1922
George W. Smith Term expires 1920
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Charles H. Glasier, Chairman Term expire:-. 1920
Charles W. Bamford, Clerk Term expires 1920
Frank H. Girard Term expires 1921
Lyman H. Daniels Term expires 1922
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Prank T. Goodhue, Chairman Term expires 1922
James A. Morey Term expires 1921
Charles H. Wells Term expires 1920
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS.
Philip E. Clarke, Chairman Term expires 1921
Ralph K. Whittier Term expires 1922
Howard Blake Term expires 1920
TOWN COUNSEL.
Frank E. Raymond Term expires 1920
CHIEF OF POLICE.
Edward Leavitt
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Arthur H. Walton, Chief; Walter G. Brown, Clerk;
Edwin M. Poole.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Joseph A. Huckins
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.
G. Loring Woodbury
IPSWICH TOWN RKPORT
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING I
E. Newton Brown
CLAM COMMISSIONERS.
Henry A. Churchill, Chairman Term expires 1921
E. Warren Dod^e Term expires 1920
Parley C. Lord Term expires 1922
FENCE VIEWERS.
\V;uren Boynton Aaron Lord George H. Green
FIELD DRIVERS
Edward Leavitt, V. H. Grant, C. C. Boylan, Jacob Smith
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
William A. Stone
AUDITOR.
Frederick S. Witham Term expires 1920
MODERATOR.
Charles E. Goodhue
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Charles M. Kelly, Chairman ; George A. Schofield, Secretary ;
Jesse H. Wade, Thomas R. Lord, Albert Jodrey, Fred
A. Kimball, Roger S. Warner, M. Charles Arthur,
George E. Hodgkins.
EPSWICH TOWN REPORT
DEPARTMENTAL.
SELECTMEN.
SALARIES.
Paid to
nk W Kyes $200 00
Bben B Moulton 125 00
John A Brown 104 10
George E Hodgkins 20 90
OTHER EXPENSES.
('has E Goodhue, moderator $20 00
Hobbs & Warren, blanks 5 26
J H Lakeman, P M, postage 4 00
Harvard Envelope Co, envelopes 9 75
Ipswich Chronicle, printing & advertising 47 90
Ipswich Chronicle, prntg town reports 340 00
Essex Book Bindery, binding reports 8 50
Chas G Hull, printing 51 00
Samuel D Dodge, use of auto 2 00
Richard W Davis, use of auto 2 00
F S Witham, car fare and expense 4 00
New England T & T Co, telephones 301 82
A Stanley Wonson, Wire Inspector 258 50
G A Barker, liability insurance 233 80
Arthur C Damon, tables 27 00
Harold C Poor, distributing reports 16 00
American Railway Ex Co, express 10 61
Reformatory for Women, flags 15 87
Lathrop Bros, moving 12 00
$450 00
IPSWICH TOWN RKPORT 9
Paid to
-hA\n V Dupray, posting warrants and
use of auto 7 00
C C Boylan, posting warrants and use auto 43 00
Klmer C Smith, painting
16
70
Willis L Augur, ringing bell ;
and painting
43
00
"Walter E Scott, cigars
20
00
H B McArdle, supplies
2
50
People's Ex Co., express
79
Clerk of the Courts, fee
3
00
Wm J Riley, cash paid out
75
Edward Leavitt, dog officer
10
00
Geo A Schofield, services Bay St Hearings
290
00
John F Wippich, care town
clock
25
00
1,831 75
Total expenditures
$2,281 75
Unexpended balance
-
12 62
$2,294 37
Appropriation
$2,27
Appropriation unpaid 1918 bills
19
37
$2,294 37
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING.
SALARIES.
Paid to
Frederick S Witham, auditor ' $150 00
Frederick S Witham, accountant 1,200 00
$1,350 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
H B McArdle, supplies $10 70
10 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Paid to
(lias G Hull, printing 40 75
Brown-Howland Co., supplies 16 50
Royal Typewriter Co., supplies 30
F J Edwards, typewriter repairs 15 00
Adams, Cushing & Foster, Inc., supplies 3 07
Kee Lox Mfg Co., supplies 1 00
F E Wood, trucking 75
F S Witham, car fares and expense 12 00
Amer Railway Ex Co., express 50
Dalton Adding Machine Co., repairs 1 75
102 32
Total expenditures $1,452 32
Unexpended balance 47 68
$1,500 00
Appropriation $1,500 00
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
SALARIES AND WAGES.
Paid to
Wm J Riley, Treasurer and Collector $1800 00
Grace G Bamford, Clerk 853 00
$2653 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
Harvard Envelope Co., envelopes $ 9 75
First National Bank, checks and check
register 39 15
Chas S Garrette, supplies 2 30
Ipswich Chronicle, prntg and advertising 34 35
Chas G Hull, printing 19 50
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 11
Paid to
Win J Riley, car fares and expense
15
75
H B McArdle, supplies
2
00
Dalton Adding Machine Co., repairs
4
28
American Railway Ex Co., express
1
65
Frank E Raymond, services
15
00
Bureau of Statistics, cert, of notes
14
00
G A Barker, premium on bond
200
00
Banker & Tradesman, subscription
5
00
Todd Protectograph Co., repairs
50
Geo A Schofield, services
15
00
Underwood Typewrtr Co., Inc., typwriter 102
50
Dalton Adding Mach Co., adding mach
140
00
620 73
Total expenditures
$3273 73
Unexpended balance
1 27
$3275 00
Appropriation
$3275 00
ASSESSORS.
SALARIES.
Paid to
John W Nourse
$352 48
Richard R Glasier
150 00
George Fall
150 00
$652 48
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
Franklin N Pratt, blanks
$
75
12
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Paid to
John W Nourse, copying valuation books
40 00
Wright & Potter Prntg Co., blanks
2 75
Wakefield Daily Item, blanks
8 75
Lilla D Stott, abstracts
37 12
Hobbs & Warren, commitment books
40 00
Ipswich Chronicle, prntg poll tax lists
80 00
John W Nourse, cash paid out, team
and car fares
14 02
Samuel D Dodge, use of auto
17 50
P S Witham, car fares and expense
6 00
Amer Railway Ex Co., express
63
$247 52
\
Total expenditures
$900 00
Appropriation
$900 00
LAW DEPARTMENT.
SALARIES.
Paid to
Prank E Raymond, Toavu Counsel
Albert P Welsh, Town Counsel
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
Jackson & Jackson, services
Geo H W Hayes, services
Albert F Welsh, services
Edward B O'Brien, services
$66 67
33 33
$ 15 00
50 00
70 00
75 00
$100 00
[PSWICB TOWN KKPORT 13
Paid to
Frank E Raymond, services
410 00
$620 00
Total expenditures
$720 00
Unexpended balance
36 67
$756 67
Appropriation
$300 00
Appropriation unpaid 1918 bill
50 00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
406 67
«.-
$756 67
TOWN CLERK.
SALARIES.
Paid to
i
Chas W Bamford, Town Clerk
$350 00
$350 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
P B Murphy, blanks
$ 4 70
Ipswich Chronicle, printing
3 55
E J M Scahill, death returns
29 25
Geo G Bailey, M D, birth returns
22 25
M C McGinley, M D, birth returns
10 25
E C Steeves, M D, birth returns
1 00
Carter's Ink Co., ink
4 00
American Railway Ex Co., express
52
Chas W Bamford, recording and indexing
births, marriages and deaths
133 40
$208 92
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Total expenditures
$558 92
Unexpended balance
234 33
v
$793 25
Appropriation
$750 00
Appropriation unpaid 1918 bills
43 25
$793 25
NATION.
ELECTION AND REGISTE
SALARIES.
Paid to
Chas H Glasier, Registrar
$50 00
Frank H Girard, Registrar
50 00
Lyman H Daniels, Registrar
50 00
Chas W Bamford, Registrar
50 00
$200 00
* «
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Paid to
Stephen R Harris
$13 00
Geo W Smith
13 00
« Geo A Schofield, Jr
13 00
John H Peatfield
5 00
-
Frank E Howe
10 25
Frank H Girard
10 25
J Frank Austin
8 25
D A MacKinnon
3 00
John R Morris
3 00
Lyman H Daniels
6 00
Clarence Pickard
3 00
John C Chisolm
3 00
Chas H Glasier
6 00
IPSWICH TOWX HKPORT 15
Paid to
Michael J Lucey
6 00
A H Walton
13 00
Geo A Schofield
6 00
G Henry Curtis
5 25
Chas A Mallard
5 25
Alfred H Pickard
2 25
Fred F Byron
2 25
J J Jedrey
5 25
Frank W Kyes
10 00
Eben B Moulton
10 00
John A Brown
10 00
Edward C Brooks
3 00
-— —
$175 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
Ipswich Chronicle, prntg & advertising
$114 90
Fred R Hull, printing
5 00
H A Russell, meals
33 95
$153 85
Total expenditures
$528 85
Unexpended balance
21 15
$550 00
Appropriation
$550 00
TOWN HALL.
SALARIES AND WAGES.
Paid to
Alonzo L Brown, janitor $700 00
Wm H Jewett, janitor 225 00
L<
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Paid to
Harold C Poor, janitor . 30 00
J H Sheppard, labor 16 00
Wm H Goditt, labor 2 00
Harold C Poor, labor 10 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
Lathrop Bros., fuel
Ipswich Gaslight Co., gas
Chas L Lovell, fuel.
Electric Light Dept., light
H C Poor, supplies
C F Chapman & Son, supplies
Hiller & Co., supplies
Electric Light Dept., supplies
Brainard J Conley, supplies
Dustbane Mfg Co., supplies
Mass. Commission for Blind, brooms
Geo E Brown, sand
Chas W Brown, repairs
George Hayes, plumbing 36 12
Austin L Lord, masonry 5
Manzer & Damon, carpentry 1
Clarence Cheever, repairs 2
Joseph A King, repairs 2
Edwin M Poole, repairs 2
Elmer C Smith, painting 25 75
J W Webber, carpentry 18 00
A J Brennan, plumbing 50
Canney Lumber Co., lumber 13 86
Tohn T Hubbard, repairs 6 50
$135 70
80 20
76 85
716 44
53
14 22
6 38
8 10
4 20
17 00
10 46
00
65
52
88
50
70
50
$983 00
IPSWICH TOWN RKPORT
Paid to
Robt Robertson Co., heater repairs
New Eng- T & T Co., telephones
Geo B Robbins Co., disinfect ant
F E Wood, removing ashes
J L Hammett Co., supplies
W A Stone, Sealer, sealing fee
J J Merrill, supplies
Peoples Express, Inc., express
Water Dept., water
[pswich News Co., piano
Damon & Damon, insurance
Geo A Schofield, insurance
John W Goodhue, supplies
Mabel Andrews, laundry
A L Brown, laundry
John H Plunkett, Chief, boiler inspection
Total expenditures $2775 77
Appropriation
Appropriation unpaid 1918 bills
Transfer from Reserve Fund
Transfer from Out Poor Dept.
$2775 77
153
42
66
76
25
00
29
00
8
25
1
00
25
35
1
26
11
99
125
00
22
50
74 40
47
63
70
4
95
>n 2
00
$2300 00
39
57
231
08
. 205
12
$1792 77
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Protection Persons and Property,
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SALARIES AND WAGES.
Paid to
Edward Leavitt, chief
Valorous H Grant, patrolman
Clifford C Boylan, patrolman
Jacob Smith, patrolman
John F Dupray, patrolman
Jesse J Jedrey, special
Herbert Whittier, special
Win H Goditt, special
Harold C Poor, special
Alfred Langmaid, special
Al ouzo L Brown, special
Harold C Poor, keeper of lockup
Wm H Jewett, keeper of lockup
Wm H Goditt, keeper of lockup
Jesse J Jedrey, keeper of lockup
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
D A Grady, use of auto
S D Dodge, use of auto
$1402 14
1345
70
1353
04
1167
15
74 25
152
64
305
29
299
38
53
64
12
75
16
50
57
00
4
00
37
00
30
00
$83 25
63 00
$6310 48
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 19
Paid to
R W Davis, use of auto 37 50
E W Dodge, use of auto 2 50
C C Boylan, use of auto - 22 00
Omer Godin, use of auto 8 25
A H Warner, use of auto 4 00
A L Brown, boat hire 5 00
K E Currier, use of auto 1 50
R W Davis, supplies 5 05
Allen Bros., equipment G 05
J H Lakeman, P M, postage 9 40
Ipswich Chronicle, printing 22 50
Xew England T & T Co v telephones 70 53
V H Grant, car fare and expense 3 28
H C Poor, car fare and expense 4 75
Wm H Goditt, car fare and expense 4 29
Geo G Dexter, photographs 7 00
H A Russell, meals 29 65
John W Goodhue, supplies 6 25
C F Chapman & Son, supplies 47 81
C S Tyler, supplies 12 00
Canney Lumber Co., lumber 7 13
M C McGinley, M D, services 14 50
Geo G Bailey, M D, services 2 00
Wm A Spiller, repairs 1 00
A C Damon, supplies 8 00
Wm A Banfill, painting , 5 25
B J* Conley, supplies 1 10
Edward Leavitt,, cash paid out for
special out of town officers,
liquor raids 203 65
$698 19
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Total expenditures
Unexpended balance
Appropriation
Appropriation unpaid 1918 bills
Transfer from Reserve Fund
$7008 67
33
$7009 00
$5200 00
9 00
1800 00
$7009 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SALARIES AND WAGES.
Paid to
Engineers $320 00
Hose Co. No. 1 and H & L Co. 958 44
Hose Co. No. 2 316 67
Chester Patch, engineer 25 00
Fred C Rust, fireman 25 00
Edward H Smith, chauffeur 976 60
Lester Wood, chauffeur 339 00
Thos R Roberts, chauffeur 27 00
Arthur F Burnham, asst chauffeur 159 00
Samuel W Atherley, asst chauffeur 4 50
Sundry Persons, still alarms 29 55
John R Morris, janitor 261 00
Chas H Wells, janitor 54 00
HORSES.
Paid to
F E Wood
$100 66
Highway Department
200 00
$3495 76
$300 66
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 21
EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS.
Paid to
American La France Fire Eng Co., sup $ 8 75
J J Merrill, maint and repairs fire alarm 460 33
Angus I Savory, supplies 16 00
Myer & Porter, supplies & repairs 134 98
C F Chapman & Son, supplies 23 97
Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg Co., supplies 2 95
C S Tyler, supplies 28 06
American Railway Ex Co., express 2 17
Walter F Poole, supplies 3 20
Western Union Tel Co., time service 20 25
Marcorelle Bros., supplies 40 09
A C Damon, supplies 5 00
Cornelius Callahan Co., supplies 7 31
J J Merrill, supplies 78 18
C O Bishop, painting 1 00
John E Dodge, painting 8 00
G C Fiske, supplies 4 36
B J (Tonley, supplies 2 00
N J Bolles, supplies 80
Peoples Express, Inc., express 53
Electric Light Dept., supplies 4 27
John W Goodhue, supplies 5 28
Boston Feather Duster Co., supplies 13 00
Ipswich Mills, repairs and supplies 66 30
Lester Wood, cash paid out 3 00
Fiske & Blanchard, supplies 5 04
Geo E Marsh Co., supplies 8 22
F E Wood, trucking 3 04
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, tires 384 45
— $1340 53
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FUEL AND LIGHT.
Paid to
A H Peatfield
$ 61 00
(/has L Lovell
153 83
Lathrop Bros.
113 46
George Fall
288 73
Electric Eight Dept.
177 58
$794 60
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
Paid to
Austin L Lord, masonry
$ 6 54
Dustbane Mfg Co., dustbane
4 00
Water Dept., water
12 00
Harry E Rhoades, painting
12 50
Chas Jewett, labor
4 50
George Hayes, plumbing
32 16
John H Plunkett, Chief boiler inspec
00
Reuben Andrews, labor
80
$74 50
PENSION.
Paid to
Agnes K Gilmore
$300 00
$300 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
Win B Richards, teaming
$ 5 50
Ipswich Chronicle, cards
20
F E Wood, trucking
3 27
Geo B Robbins Co., supplies
6 75
F R Starkey, supplies
3 36
H W Phillips, supplies
6 75
A Storey Brown, rent of land
4 00
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Paid to
New Eng T & T Co., telephones
Total expenditures
D n expended balance
130 63
Appropriation
$160 46
$6466 51
3 49
$6470 00
$6470 00
FOREST WARDEN.
FIGHTING FIRES.
Paid to
Sundry Persons, labor $58 15
Harold G Jenks, use of auto 1 20
Total expenditures
Unexpended balance
$59 35
40 65
Appropriation
$100 00
$100 00
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
SALARIES.
Paid to
Wm A Stone, Sealer $140 30
<feid.n sn
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
Hobbs & Warren, record books $ 5 14
J H Lakeman, P M, postage 2 00
Ipswich Chronicle, prntg and advertising 5 00
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Paid to
Harold C Poor, use of auto
6 50
F E Wood, use of team
31 50
Wm A Stone, car fares and expense
9 19
W & L E Gurley, equipment
39 34
Dover Stamping & Mfg Co., equipment
15 00
C F Chapman & Son, supplies
25
John W Goodhue, supplies
1 35
American Railway Ex Co., express
68
$115 95
-
Total expenditures
$256 25
Appropriation
$210 00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
46 25
$256 25
T.
MOTH DEPARTMEN
SALARIES AND WAGES
Paid to
James A Morey, Superintendent
$1078 18
John Floyd, labor
710 00
Alvery Marriott, labor
368 24
Harry Rutherford, labor
175 43
Augustus McGinnis, labor
693 08
John Cronin, labor
5 60
Alfred Gallant, labor
47 34
Alfred Wade, labor
38 00
Frank T Goodhue, labor
12 80
Fred Buzzell, labor
91 70
Orrin Leno, labor
18 59
Frank McGinnis, labor
12 00
Silas Stone, labor
• 68 40
IPSWICH TOWN RUPORT 25
Paid to
Chester Stone, labor
70 90
James Burns, labor
62 00
$3452 26
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
James A Morey, use of truck
$192 50
F E Wood, use of teams
317 06
Minnie Dort, rent
60 00
FitzHenry-Guptill Co., supplies
1 05
E E Currier, supplies
26 22
Mayer & Porter, supplies
12 85
E L Blaisdell, trucking
5 25
F E Wood, trucking and freight
10 70
American Railway Ex Co., express
1 18
Joseph A King, repairs
3 75
Chas W Bamford, administering oaths
13 50
$644 06
Total expenditures
$4096 32
Balance 1918 appropriation
$2343 53
Private Work-Moth Tax
1658 05
Appropriation, Dec, 1919
94 74
$4096 32
TREE WARDEN.
SALARIES AND WAGES
Paid to
James A Morey, labor
$120 00
John Floyd, labor
80 80
Augustus McGinnis, labor
80 80
Fred Buzzell, labor
28 80
$310 40
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OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
D A Grady, use of team
James A Morey, use of truck
F E Wood, use of team
Minnie Dort, rent
Joseph A King, repairs
John W Goodhue, supplies
Geo H Lord, filing saws
Angus I Savory, supplies
$ 4 00
27
50
13
75
12
00
5
60
14 75
2
55
7
86
$88 01
Total expenditures $398 41
Unexpended balance 1 59
$400 00
Appropriation . $400 00
IPSWICH TOWN RKPORT 27
Health and Sanitation*
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION. -
SALARIES AND WAGES.
Paid to
Geo E MacArthur, M D $100 00
George W Smith 75 00
Aaron Lord 75 00
OTHER GENERAL EXPENSES
Paid to
J H Lakeman, P M, postage
Hobbs & Warren, blanks
Ipswich Chronicle, prntg & advertising
Times Publishing Co., blanks
New England T & T Co., telephones
American Railway Ex Co., express
E M Dow, carpentry, Influenza Camp
F E Wood, trucking
H W Norris, garbage collection
D A Grady, teams
C C Boylan, killing cats
Wm H Goditt, killing cats
V H Grant, killing cats
M S Turner, services as nurse
ES.
$ 27 74
1
00
7
50
2
25
79
63
2
86
202
84
2 25
249
92
23
00
1
00
2
50
50
25
00
$250 00
IPSAVICH TOWN REPORT
Paid to
Wm J Riley, cash paid out
C C Boylan, services
Ainer Pub Health Asso., membership fee
Gable Hospital, board
Samuel C Gordon, trucking
P E Raymond, services
Aaron Lord, cash paid out
John W Goodhue, supplies
Geo A Schofield, services
31
2
00
5
00
12
00
45 00
10
00
1
54
1
07
35
00
QUARANTINE AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Paid to
Geo E MacArthur, M D, services
8 ite Bd of Charity, board & care
City of Salem, board and care
City of Boston, board and care
Win H Goditt, guard duty
J J Jedrey, guard duty
Alonzo L Brown, guard duty
Alfred Langmaid, guard duty
Harold C Poor, guard duty
H O Whittier, guard duty
Jacob Smith, guard duty
C C Boylan. guard duty
V H Grant, guard duty
Chas G Spiller, clothing
\Ym A Burnham, loss of wages
Alexander LeClair, loss of wages
EJM Scahill, fumigation
$ 55 00
179
00-
■2-24
36
56
00
7
50
36
00
37
13
43
50
130
13
42
00
6
00
9
00
7
50
4 26
30
00
38
00
143 50
$739 91
$1048 88
IPSWICH TOWN KKPORT 20
TUBERCULOSIS.
Paid to
Salem Asso. Prev Tuber, board
State Bd of Charity, hoard and care
City of Lynn, board and care
Geo E MacArthur, M I), services
John J Moriarty, M D, services
City of Haverhill, aid
F W Herri ck, use of auto
$ 27
00
44
00
LIS
00
7
00
55
00
22
50
15
00
$175
00
263
36
241
64
2
50
525
00
2
00
$288 50
CHILD WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
Paid to
Ipswich Chronicle, printing $ 7 70
Philip Ewing, labor 3 00
Wm. B Richards, labor 3 50
Geo E MacArthur, M D, services 150 00
$164 20
INSPECTION. fc
Paid to
G Loring Woodbury, Insp of Animals
E3 Newton Brown, Insp of Slaughtering
Geo W Smith, Milk Inspector
Chas G Hull, printing
Aaron Lord, Sanitary Agent
Geo E MacArthur, use of auto
$1209 50
Total expenditures $3700 99
Unexpended balance 1 85
$3702 84
$3702 84
Appropriation $3500 00
Appropriation unpaid 1918 Bills 202 84
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Highway Department*
GENERAL ADM [NISTRATION
Paid to
Joseph A Huckins, • Supt of Streets
Amelia M Clarke, typewriting
Chas S Garrette, supplies
F E Wood, cartage and freight
Amer Railway Ex Co., express
H B McArdle, suppli'
Eastman & Bradford, surveying
Boston & Maine R R. freight
County of Essex, fee
Geo G Dexter, frame
Geo A Schofield, liability insurance
Geo E Hodgkins, liability insurance
E L Blaisdell, trucking
Mass Highway Commission, re^is fe
Geo A Schofield, services
STREET REPAIRS.
L\BOR AND TEAMS.
Paid to
John Amero $435 00
$1500 00
1
50
3
50
3
15
79
4
22
132
67
10
00
3
00
60
473 89
78
50
6
42
2
06
7
00
$2227 30
IPSWICH TOW N REPORT 31
Paid to
Tf
Wilfred Atherley 3 60
Edward Bodwell . , 288 16
A Story Brown 301 15
Antony Burek 206 80
John Blunda 163 40
Chas G Brown 45 90
Chas W Barton ' 20 24
James Burns 3 20
Ernest Carter 975 36 o
Wm O Conant 694 50
Fred A Cross 49 80
Carl A Caverly 136 35
Thomas Cummings 57 32
George' B Courtis 14 40
Patrick D onion . 3 80
Carl Ellsworth 225 40
Paul Garrette 1176 00
Everett Guilford 701 88
Walter F G6uld 21 44
Leander Goditt* 119 50
A N Jewett 3 20
Rees Jenkins 558 90
Stanley Kmeich 3 20
John D Kelley 286 44
Louis Kelley 5 50
Henry Lavoie 58 40
Adam G Lauer 183 25
Lathrop Bros. 360 00
William Leavitt 155 25
Irving Manzer 296 92
H W Norris 72 12
IPSWKTT TOWN KKPORT
Paid to
Joseph Phaneuf
377 50
J F Putnam
44 20
D S Perley
470 05
Lyman Perley
78 72
W L Phillips
115 20.
John J Riley
118 60
James Ryan
62 20
Frank Scahill
794 17
Albert M Sheppard
780 14
Thomas Szack
367 24
George Sanborn
2 20
Wm L Stone
54 50
Charjes Strout
149 20 %
Joseph Stinson
9P 60
James Sheppard
408 76
Turner Hill Farm
168 01
Harry Wilkinson
828 92
Lester Wood
312 00
Edmund Wile
158 40
Collins York
276 50
Adam Zuch
233 24
<fcTWS 73
'P X • J c/ — fJ 1 'J
GRAiEL, SAND, OIL, ETC.
Paid to
Benjamin R Horton
$ 1 25
The Barrett Co.
178 07
Standard Oil Co. of N Y
369 13
The Texas Co.
448 00
Nicholas Pappayanopoulos
6 50
A Story Brown
3 00
The Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
30 14
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 33
59
25
4
00
22
40
1
13
173
95
11
50
7
84
7
35
5
20
615
30
59
85
8
55
Paid to
Adam G Lauer
Tilton Bros.
James Sheppard
Chas L Lovell
D S Perley
Lillian G Stanford
Canney Lumber Co.
Turner Hill Farm
William Goodhue
Angie P Brown
Est. Eugene Sullivan
N R Underhill
EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS.
Paid to
E E Currier, supplies $187 64
N J Bolles, supplies 3 35
Joseph A King, repairs 93 25
Angus I Savory, supplies 60 44
Chas L Lovell, fuel and supplies 127 48
Water Dept,, water 80 00
Manzer & Damon, carpentry 61 25
( ! F 1 Chapman & Son, supplies 15 60
Canney Lumber Co., lumber 349 11
Mayer & Porter, repairs and supplies 224 35
John W Goodhue, supplies 133 38
R W Davis, Supplies 60 52
Puritan Iron Works, supplies 34 00
Chas G Hull, painting 22 00
Walter F Poole, supplies 6 48
Dyar Supply Co., grader 303 60
$2012 41
U IPSWICH TOWX REPORT
Paid to
• •
o H Lord, filing saV
1
X E Road Mach Co., supplies
10
32
I) A Grady, paint
5
00
A J Barton & Son. labor
12
35
Lathrop Bros., fuel
13 94
George Hayes, labor
10
Robt Spencer, labor
9
;:>
Wm F Rutherford, laboi
4
00
\
J J Merrill, suppli
1
13
Thos H Reedy, masonry
6
00
J F Pope & Son,' lumber
58
John A Brown, brick
28
00
Austin Lord, masonry
110
20
F E Wood, trucking
2
24
Boston & Maine R R. demurrage
8
51
Frank A Chase, surveying
16
50
$2045
BUOYS
Paid to
E Warren Dodge, care of buoy^
$195 00
Ernest Peabody, care of buo
12
00
John W Goodhue, supplies
16
$207 16
FLOATS.
Paid to
Herbert F Goodhue, labor
$23 60
Fred MeGilvery, labor
6
00
$29 60
SIDEWALKS.
W E Bassett, labor
$341 15
$341 15
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
SNOW AND ICE.
J ..AMOR AND TEAMS.
Paid to
firnest Carter
Carl Ellsworth
Paul Garrette
Chas Henley
Chas Jewett
Rees Jenkins
Henry Lavoie
Frank Scahill
Albert M Sheppard
Chas Strout
Harry Wilkinson
Frank E Wood
Collins York
Wm Stone, Jr
STABLE.
John A Brown, hay
Wm G Horton, grain
Geo B* Brown, grain
I) S Perley, hay
A Story Brown, hay
Win McCarthy, shoeing
Angus I Savory, supplies
C F Chapman & Son, supplies
W A Snow Iron Works, supplies
J E Greene, carpentry
Water Dept., water
B J Conley, supplies
$46 40
1
80
42
00
4
05
8
60
5
40
16
00
45
50
6
50
4
00
44
90
5
70
42
00
1
60
$273 34
346
11
254 26
412
47
184 79
251
05
5
37
76
14
64 75
7
00
49
93
1
35
$269 45
IPSWICH TOAVX REPORT
Paid to
■
John W Goodhue, supplies
4 09
si 930 65
Total expenditures
$22589 o 7
Appropriation
$19000 00
Appropriation unpaid 1918 bills
54 78
Note Appropriation
2500 00
Transfer from Out Poor Dept.
1034 49
TTIOX.
122589 27
ESSEX ROAD CONSTBI
LABOR AND TEAMS.
Paid to
Veto Amario
$ 83 50
Edward Bodwell
211 00
A Story Brown
482 85
Electric Light Dept.
43 20
Wm S Evans
222 30
Everett Guilford
10 62
Chas Henley
82 50
Rees Jenkins
8 10
John D Kelley
171 14
Louis Kelley
100 25
.
Henry Lavoie
195 14
Benjamin Lapoto
33 00
Frank Murowski
52 50
John McLaughlin
96 00
Daniel McGuire
4 00
Frank Scahill
314 97
Albert M Sheppard
4 00
Thomas Szack
267 38
V.'ini TOWN RKPORT
Paid to
'. lias Strout
Robert Spencer
Harry Wilkinson
Edmund Wile
Vdam Zueh
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
Standard Oil Co., oil
Canney Lumber Co., lumber
Boston & Maine R R, freight
John W Goodhue, pipe and supplier
Joseph A King, repairs
Thos H Reedy, blasting
N J Bolles, supplies
Robt Spencer, laying wall
Walter F Poole, supplies
Chas L Lovell, supplies
Edwin M Poole, carpentry
146
96
90
8
00
427
50
130
63
$216 00
7
71
230
12
30
38
58
8
40
188
96
2
05
3
27
4
00
$3234 44
$711 57
Total expenditures $3946 01
Unexpended balance 593 10
$4539 11
Balance from 1918
Appropriation
Appropriation unpaid 1918 bills
ftbursement from Highway Com.
Reimbursement from County of Essex
$ 15
91
2000
00
123
20
1200
00
1200
00
$4539 11
3x
IPSWICH TOWN RKPORT
EAGLE HILL ROAD REPAIRS.
LABOR AM) TEAMS.
Paid to
Echvard Bodwell
$3 60
Antony Burek
43 60
Carl Ellsworth
40 40
Rees Jenkins
114 30
John D Kelley
14 96
Thomas Szack
48 4D
James Sheppard
98 10
Edmund Wile
14 40
Adam Zuch
40 00
Total expenditures
$417 76
Unexpected balance
82 24
$500 00
Balance from 1918 appropriation
$500 00
BLAISDELL AVENUE
Paid to
Everett Guilford, labor
$37 50
John D Kelley, labor
63 56
Frank Scahill, labor
31 96
Albert M Sheppard, labor
80 06
Harry Wilkinson, labor
79 16
Angie P Brown, gravel
43 75
Fred A Nason, land damage
75 00
Total expenditures
$410 99
Unexpended balance
89 01
$500 00
Appropriation
$500 00
IPS \Y I CI I TOWN RKPORT 39
CHARITIES,
OUT POOR DEPARTMENT.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
Paid to
Frank T Goodhue, salary $100 00
John G Sperling, salary 75 00
Chas G Hull, salary 75 00
D A Grady, auto hire 4 50
Chas G Hull, printing 6 34
New England T & T Co., telephones 115 81
Frank E Raymond, services 25 00
E W Dodge, auto hire 4 00
Boston & Maine R R, mileage books 64 80
Chas C Canney, auto hire 2 00
S D Dodge, auto hire 2 00
R W Davis, auto hire 6 00
Chas G Hull, salary as Agent 200 00
CASH ALLOWANCES.
Paid to
Sundry Persons, cash $1991 00
$680 45
$1991 00
40
IPSWICH TOWN KKPORT
RENT.
Paid to
George Tibbetts
Lucretia S Lord
Walter F Gould
$10 00
19 50
9 00
GROCERIES
AND PROVISIONS.
Paid to
Wm P Reilly
$136 20
M M Wiezbicki
162
71
Marcorelle Bros.
69
62
E E Gray Co.
55
93
Walter F Poole
119
06
Co-op. Grocery Stores
Co.
•
4
99
Titcomb & Co.
2
00
F R Starkey
4
83
E C Lord
20
46
Tongas & Tougas
00
FUEL.
Paid to
Chas L Lovell
$53
60
A H Peatfield
40
10
Lathrop Bros.
33
40
George Fall
22 75
BOARD AND CAR!
Paid to
Mamie E Kneeland $78 00
A I Armstrong 5 00
Mrs George Healey 8 50
Ipswich Branch, Red Cross 182 00
$38 50
$584 80
$149 85
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 41
Paid to
State Bd of Charity 31 43
$304 9:',
MEDICINE
AND MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
Paid to
Angus I Savory
$ 10 50
B J Conley
25 17
M E Kneeland
2 18
M C McGinley, M D
A
230 40
C E Ames, M D
BURIALS.
223 00
Paid to
E J M Scahill
$10 00
INSTITUTIONS.
Paid to
Cable Hospital
LR CITIES AND TO\
$274 40
OTHI
VNS.
Paid to
City of Gloucester
$48 30
City of Lynn
58 60
City of Beverly
MOTHERS' AID.
167 84
Paid to .
Sundry Persons, local
cases
$412 00
Town of Rowley
• 6 00
Town of Danvers
72 00
Town of West Newbury
260 00
$491 25
$10 00
$274 40
$274 74
$750 00
42 IPSWKH TOWN REPORT
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
Hiller & Co., supplies
H E Burnham. car fares
J W MacDonald, car fares
$6 70
7 00
4 00
$17 70
$7700 00
6 40
Total expenditures
Unexpended balance
$5567 62
2138 78
Appropriation
Appropriation unpaid 1918 bills
$7706 40
$7706 40
*From the above balance of $2138 78 the following
amounts have been transferred by vote of the Selectmen :
To Highway Department $1034 49
To Town Hall Department 205 12
$1239 61
Receipts to the credit of this department for the year
have been as follows :
Conim. of Massachusetts, Temp. Aid $ 8 00
Comm. of Mass., Sup of Sick Pauper 5 00
Reimbursement from Individuals 117 75
$130 75
Accounts due and unpaid :
Comm. of Mass.. Mothers' Aid Cases $364 00
Total credits
Total expenditures for 1919
Xet expense for 1919
$494 75
5567 62
5072 87
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 43
During the year the following old accounts have been
paid:
Comm. of Mass., Temporary Aid $424 56
Comm. of Mass., Mothers' Aid Cases 286 00
$710 56
44 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Town Farm Department*
SALARIES AND WAGES.
Paid to
Edgar I Holland, Superintendent $600 00
Margaret A Holland, Matron 180 00
Hazel G Grant 60 00
Lawrence Adams 12 00
(lias R Davis 2 00
Thomas Boylan 355 00
Alice Bovlan 180 00
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Paid to
('has Canelos $ 13 25
Tougas & Tougas 179 13
Walter F Poole 88 43
W E Scott 84 88
Marcorelle Bros. 114 44
Grand Union Tea Co. 15 85
W S Atkinson , 6 10
Co-op. Grocery Stores Co. 408 82
Ipswich Meat Market s 72 47
$1389 00
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
45
Paid to
( i C Bayley
W G Claxton
John T Connor Co.
Titcomb & Co.
J G Paganis
DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING.
Paid to
Hiller & Co. $64 89
Newman's Dept. Store 61 44
Louis H Bixby 9 00
Chas G Spiller 9 60
13
00
23
21
16
37
3
78
2
30
FUEL AND LIGHT.
Paid to
George Fall
$35 10
Standard Oil Co.
29 50
Chas L Lovell
18 34
A H Peatfield
17 22
Lathrop Bros.
18 24
EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS.
Paid to
C F Chapman & Son, supplies $11 85
Mayer & Porter, supplies 9 36
Geo W Hills, painting 9 25
John W Goodhue, hardware and supplies 87 15
Racket Bargain Store, supplies 19 13
A J Brennan, plumbing 29 49
Arthur C Damon, supplies 58 65
Austin L Lord, masonry 14 70
$1042 03
$144 93
$118 40
46 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Paid to
Joseph A King, repairs
The Chas Williams Stores, engine
Stephen Jewett, hay binder
E Wilson, repairs and supplies
W J Norwood, filing saws
Angus I Savory, supplies
Chas R Davis, harness
Edw E Wells, barrel
C F Miller, supplies
Canney Lumber Co., lumber
John G Sperling, carpentry
Chas G Hull, carpentry
GRAIN.
28
25
95
85
3
00
93
28
1
50
15
40
8
00
3
00
8
00
72
38
105
00
80 00
$753 24
Paid to
Wm G Horton
$287 25
Geo B Brown
110 80
$398 05
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
Angus I Savory, supplies
$23 15
Wm McCarthy, shoeing
41 20
A P Littlefield, shoeing
14 50
Chas Henley, labor
25 00
Brown Drug Co., supplies
12 49
G A Barker, insurance
26 40
S H Thurston, supplies
3 15
$145 89
Total expenditures $3991 54
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 47
Unexpended balance 333 46
$4325 00
Balance from 1918 $ 325 00
Appropriation 4000 00
$4325 00
48 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
INVENTORY, STOCK,
TOOLS, ETC.,
AT TOWN FARM.
Jan
. 1, 1920
Jan
. 1, 1919
No.
Value
No.
Value
Cain Loti
Beef Cow
1
$ 60
00
1
$ 50
00
$ 10 00
Cows
9
1000
00
10
1000
00
Bull
1
' 75
00
1
75
00
Heifers
9
350
00
5
200
00
150 00
Horses
3
750
00
3
750
00
Pigs and Shoats
5
80
00
4
52
00
28 00
Fowl
60
75
00
50
55
00
20 00
Geese
2
8
00
8 00
Carts and Wagons
8
475
00
8
475
00
Mowing Machine
1
45
00
1
45
00
Plows
2
25
00
2
25
00
Cultivators
2
20
00
2
20
00
Horse Hoe
1
5
00
1
5
00
Horse Hay Fork
1
50
00
1
50
00
Harrows
4
50
00
4
50
00
Sleds
1
15
00
1
15
00
Drags
1
6
00
1
6
00
Wood, cords
9
108
00
4
40
00
68 00
Coal, tons
3
36
75
4
48
00
$ 11 25
Groceries and Provisions
160
00
125
00
35 00
Dairy Utensils
15
00
15
00
Furniture and Bedding
500
00
500
00
Range and Fixtures
110
00
110
00
Stoves and Furnaces
150
00
150
00
Tedder
1
15
00
1
15
00
Tools
20
00
10
00
10 00
Blocks and Ropes
5
00
5
00
Ice Chests
1
36
00
1
36
00
Harness and Blankets
100
00
100
00
Potato Digger
1
1
00
1
1
00
Wheelbarrows
2
10
00
2
10
00
Lumber
5
00
5 00
Double Bob
1
20
00
1
20
00
Seed Sowers
2
10
00
2
10
00
Wood Saw
1
100
00
1
50
00
50 00
Hogs
3
150
00
2
150
00
Hay Rake
1
21
00
1
21
00
Pump Jack
1
14
00
1
14
00
Auto Truck
1
150
00
150 00
Oil Tanks
2
15
00
2
15
00
Total $4690 75 $4468 00 $384 00 $161 25
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 4!'
IXVENTORY-
-PRODUCE, ETC., AT TOWN FARM
Jan
. 1, 1920 Jan. 1, 1919
No.
Value No. Value
Cain
Loss
Corn, bushels on cob
175
$175 00 150 $150 00
$ 25
00
Onions, bushels
6
13 50 9 12 00
1
50
Beans, bushels
4
32 00 4 32 00
Potatoes, bushels
30
50 00 64 100 00
$ 50 00
Roots, bushels
200
150 00 185 150 00
English Hay, tons
45
1350 00 35 1000 00
350
00
Salt Hay, tons
5
50 00 5 50 00
Mulch, tons
10
50 00 10 50 00
Squash
20 00 30 00
10 00
Vinegar
60 00 30 00
30
00
Salt Pork, lbs.
175
44 00 125 42 50
1
50
Grain
9 00 25 00
16 00
Total
$2003 50 $1671 50 $408
00
$ 76 00
Inv'ry, Stock & Tools
4690 75 4468 00
384 00
$792 00
161 25
$6694 25 $6139 50
$237 25
6139 50
237
25
Net Gain » $554 75 $554 75
Summary of Income and Expenditures at the Town Farm for the
Years 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919.
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
Expended
Income
$3640 06
1137 59
$3823 47
872 05
$4203 68
1677 06
$3693 80
1520 11
$3991 54
1879 60
Net Expense
$2502 47
$2951 42
$2526 62
$2173 69
$2111 94
Number of inmates at Farm January 1, 1920 9
Average number of inmates at Farm during the year 10
Total number of inmates registered in 1919 16
Average cost per week for each inmate $4 06
Sales for year 1919 (produce) $1674 60
Sale of auto $190 00
Land rent $15 W
Amount collected on old accounts k 52 95
50 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Soldiers' Benefits*
STATE AID.
Paid to
Sundry Persons, cash $1886 00
Total expenditures $1886 00
Unexpended balance 614 00
$2500 00
Appropriation $2500 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Paid to
Sundry Persons, cash
$741 64
Lathrop Bros., fuel
45 48
Wm O Conant, fuel
31 00
Mrs M Marcaurelle, groceries
144 02
Tougas & Tougas, groceries
66 06
F R Starkey, groceries
26 57
John A. Brown, rent
84 00
Geo E MacArthur, M D, med attendance
6 00
Geo G Bailey, M D, med attendance
62 00
Total expenditures
$1206 77
Unexpended balance
293 23
$1500 00
Appropriation
$1500 00
IPSWICTI TOWN REPORT 51
Recreation*
PARKS.
Paid to
Alvery Marriott, labor
$14 00
Chas H Wells, labor
146 40
Frank T Goodhue, labor
80 70
Fred Buzzell, labor
7 35
Samuel C Gordon, plants and fertilizer
99 80
Wm G Horton, fertilizer
2 75
Water Dept., water
12 00
Wm P Reilly, supplies
3 82
John W Goodhue, supplies
i
3 19
-
American Railway Ex Co.,
express
71
Total expenditures
$370 72
Unexpended balance
»
4 28
$375 00
Appropriation
$375 00
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.
Paid to
J H Lakeman, P M, thrift stamps $24 00
Earl Ewing, labor 2 00
Ipswich Chronicle, printing 7 00
John W Goodhue, supplies 1 10
Ipswich Mills Concert Band, music 147 00
King Arthur Commandery Band, music 70 00
52 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Paid to
Sundry Persons, cash pries 41 36
Total expenditures $292 46
Unexpended balance 7 54
$300 00
Appropriation $300 00
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 53
Cemeteries*
Paid to
Edward N Martel, labor $364 40
A G Lauer, labor 1 00
L A Lord, labor 313 25
Howard Blake, labor 420 14
Howard J Blake, labor 220 11
P E Clarke, labor 52 00
Wm M Davey, labor 33 80
Edward C Brooks, labor - 121 20
O M Hills, labor 41 90
E J M Scahill, labor 45 00
Geo H Burbidge, labor 80 80
Harry Dort, labor 19 20
W F Rutherford, labor 28 40
Harry Miller, labor 9 60
W B Richards, labor . 25 60
John Hovey, labor 19 20
Star Princewood, labor 38 40
Dalbert E Kent, labor 22 40
Chas E Kent, labor 9 60
J H Hull, Jr., labor 25 60
Rees Jenkins, teaming 104 60
54 IPSWICH TOWX REPORT
Paid to
Samuel C Gordon, plant
75 40
Geo H Lord, plants
34 02
Angus I Savory, supplies
4 53
John W Goodhue, supplies
5 58
Water Dept., water
30 25
R L Purinton, plumbing
L3 07
Total expenditures
$2159 05
Unexpended balance
21 95
V
$2181 00
Appropriation
$1845 00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
336 00
$2181 00
PERPETUAL CARE
Paid to
Howard Blake, labor
$146 05
L A Lord, labor
172 50
Edward Bodwell, labor
35 00
M Hills, labor
5 00
A J Barton & Son, labor
1 50
Carrie R Brown, flowe'
3 00
Total expenditures
$363 05
Cemetery Trust Funds, Perpetu
al Care
$363 05
IPSWICH TOWN KKPORT 55
Unclassified*
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid to
Gen James Appleton Post 128, GAR $250 00
Total expenditures
Appropriation
1 SHELL FISH.
Paid to
Henry A Churchill, salary
Farley C Lord, salary
E Warren Dodge, salary
Total expenditures
Unexpended balance
Balance from 1918
Appropriation
WELCOME HOME CELEBRATION.
J H Lakeman, P M, postage $ 5 94
Ipswich Chronicle, printing 191 50
R L Purinton, plumbing 57 36
$250 00
$250 00
$66
67
66
66
66
66 .
$200 00
—
20 00
$220 00
$ 20
00
200 00
*99n on
56
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Paid to
Robert Miller & Co., banner
Arthur W Gould, carpentry
Canney Lumber Co., lumber
S D Dodge, auto hire
Ipswich News Co., cigars
W E Scott, cigars
Herbert Whitaker, entertainment
R W Davis, auto hire
35 00
3 00
4 71
8 00
56 00
45 00
98 64
2 00
New England Decorating Co., decorations 690 00
Harding Uniform & Regalia Co., badges 5 00
John W Goodhue, flags and supplies 90 16
C S Tyler, flags 2 50
Manzer & Damon, carpentry 96 48
Geo W Hills, painting 38 54
Chas G Hull, printing 13 00
Andrew Schelehuber Co., Inc., caterer 2184 75
Alonzo L Brown, labor 5 00
Harry Rutherford, labor 8 60
Ipswich Mills Concert Band, music 188 25
King Arthur Commandery Band, music 70 00
Salem Cadet Band, music 171 50
H A Russell, meals for band 14 55
Chas A Glover, orchestra 142 30
American Ex Co., express 33
F E Wood, trucking 8 50
Whitehead & Hoag Co., medals 351 32
Wm J Riley, cash paid out 2 00
Myrtle H Cunningham, cash paid out 2 20
White Enter Bureau, entertainment 100 80
B J Conley, supplies 3 00
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Paid to
Chas S Garrette, flowers and catering 427 85
$5123 78
, HONOR ROLL EXPENSES.
Paid to
Manzer & Damon, carpentry
Elmer C Smith, painting
C IT Buck & Co., painting
Total expenditures
Unexpended balance
Appropriation
Sale of tickets and cigars
$262 35
14 70
177 23
$454 28
$5578 06
188 04
$5766 10
$5000 00
766 10
$5766 10
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
Paid to
Ipswich Chronicle, printing $55 65
H A Russell, meals 3 04
Ipswich Mills Concert Band, music 30 00
C C Birchard & Co., supplies 12 40
F E Wood, trucking 8 00
L A Clark, costumes 15 59
H N Doughty, cash paid out 5 50
G A Barker, cash paid out 2 '00
Chas S Garrette, supplies 3 50
Ipswich Mills, supplies 8 94
John W Goodhue, supplies 18 29
58 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Paid to
J E Greene, carpentry 4 35
Total expenditures $167 26
Unexpended balance 12 74
$180 00
Transfer from Reserve Fund $180 00
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE.
Paid to
M Charles Arthur, cash paid out
Ipswich Chronicle, printing
J J Merrill, survey
Dorothy L Gerry, clerical work
Electric Light Dept., services
Total expenditures
Unexpended balance
Appropriation
$10 35
28'00
100 00
5 00
27 18
$170 53
29 47
$200 00
$200 00
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 59
Reserve Fund*
Transferred to
Law Department $ 406 67
Public Safety Committee 180 00
Police Department 1800 00
Weights & Measures Department 46 25
Cemetery Department 336 00
Town Hall Department 231 08
Total amount transferred $3000 00
Appropriation $3000 00
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Perpetual Care— Cemetery Funds*
Name of Fund
Cogswell
Andrews
Amount
Jan. 1919
$417 17
279 09
Balance
Income Expense Jan. 1920
$16 68 50 $431 35
11 16 4 00 286 25
Giddings
166
28
6
65
9
00
163
93
Potter
127
41
5
09
3
00
129
50
Kinsman
7: >
95
2
95
1
50
75
40
Samuel Blood
66
10
2
64
4
00
64
74
Stamford
125
23
5
00
1
50
128
73
Trow
432
09
L7
28
3
00
446
37
Dawson
155
57
6
22
2
00
159
79
Birch
53
76
2
15
2
00
53
91
Aaron Kinsman
57
54
2
30
9
00
57
84
Varrell
4.")
15
41
6
00
394
86
Eben Kimball
190
00
7
60
2
00
195
60
Willcomb
80
93
3 23
3
50
80
66
Daniel Clarke
138
65
5
54
2
00
142
19
Rogers & Johnson
108
98
4
36
l
00
109
34
Harriet L Kimball
149
12
5
96
4
00
151
08
George Kinsman
150
08
6
00
4
00
152
08
Martha Lakeman
71
86
2
87
1
50
73
23
Caldwell
125
54
5
02
2
00
128
56
Pingree
104
16
4
16
2
00
106
32
Young
25
48
1
02
1
00
25
50
IPSWICH TOWN KKPORT 63
Amount
Bala,
Name of Fund
Jan.
1919
Income
Expense
Jan. 1920
Coburn
328
21
L3
12
5 00
336
Mary Haskell
56
60
■J
26
2 00
56 86
Hovey
L35
20
5
40
5 00
L35 60
Plouff
58
82
2
35
2 00
59 17
Farley
150
69
6
02
2 00
154 71
John B Lam. on
71
97
2
87
1 50
73 34
Joseph Spiller
58
26
•2
33
2 00
58 59
Locust Grove
40
91
1
64
42 55
Mary E Peatfield
118
98
4
76
2 00
121 74
Lucy F Spiller
63
43
2
53
2 00
63 96
Josiah & Lydia H Lord
153
78
6
15
159 93
Eben Caldwell
119
76
4
79
3 00
121 55
M E Barber
61
56
2
46
64 02
Sarah E Durgin
106
48
4
25
2 00
108 73
Joanna Kinsman
127
01
5
08
2 50
129 59
Charles W Giddings
' 123 28
4
93
128 21
John Allen Brown
128
63
5
14
3 00
130 77
Millett & Kimball
225
91
9
03
7 00
227 94
Samuel Blake
134
25
5
37
2 00
137 62
William G Brown
143
51
5
74
149 25
Catherine Clarke
141
48
5
66
2 00
145 14
Charles Palmer
115
83
4
63
4 00
116 46
Sally Roberts
152
18
6
08
4 00
154 26
Eugene Spinney
139
80
5
59
2 00
143 39
Mary M Fields
68
85
2
75
1 50
70 10
Luther Lord
131
05
5
24
4 00
132 29
Ezra Lord
139
02
5
56
2 00
142 58
Lucy H Brown
138
03
5
52
2 00
141 55
Patience C Bray
120
09
4
80
3 00
121 89
Richard T Dodge
136
67
5
46
2 00
140 13
64
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Amount
Balance
Name of Fund
Jan.
1919
Incomq Expense
Jan. 1920
Henry F Russell
109
36
4 37
2 50
111 23
George Haskell
331
66
13
26
344 92
Theodore C Howe
135
08
5
40
2 00
138 48
Nathaniel Shatswell
132
45
5
29
4 00
133 74
George H Gilmore
68
48
. 2
74
1 50
69 72
Wm A & Ida M Staekpole
167
83
6
71
5 00
169 54
Hannah H Pearson
62
52
2
50
1 50
63 52
Harry K Dodge
132
84
4
31
2 00
136 15
Henry S Holmes
112
71
4 50
4 00
113 21
Caroline E Hodgkins
56
59
2
26
2 00
56 85
Aaron F Brown
71
37
2
85
74 22
J Farley Kinsman
123
89
4
95
2 00
126 84
Thomas Brown
114
72
4
58
2 00
117 30
Wm P & Arthur W Gould 13]
:>4
5
26
2 00
134 80
Lucy C Coburn
272
59
10
90
283 49
William H Kinsman
119
62
4 78
2 50
121 90
Caroline E Bonier
L16
59
4
66
5 00
116 25
Elizabeth A Bailey
60 21
2
40
1 50
61 11
John Lane
54
10
2
16
2 00
54 26
Hannah Parsons
65
60
2
62
3 00
65 22
E & T F Cogswell
100
25
4
00
3 00
101 25
Moses & Ezekiel Peabody
112
23
4
48
2 00
114 71
Charles H Cutler
127
86
5
11
2 00
130 97
Wm & Abagail Haskell
54
90
2
19
2 00
55 09
Willis & Stacy
125
53
5
02
3 50
127 05
George E Lord
123
77
4
95
2 00
126 72
Nora Fraser
56
50
2
26
2 00
56 76
Franklin G Morris •
126
60
5
06
2 00
129 66
Robert Stone
52
53
2
10
2 00
52 63
Emerson Howe
119
36
4
37
5 00
118 73
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 65
Name of Fund
Caroline E Lord
Robert Gilmore
John D Cilley
James Griffin
Eunice Caldwell Cowles
Ward F Kenney
Josiah Dudley
John C Kimball
Jennet F Caldwell
Rebecca G Hayes
John Galbraith
Thomas Holland
John Choate
Lucy Slade Lord
Walter E Lord
Lemuel Smith
Samuel el Goodhue
John A Johnson
Charles H Noyes
Edwin H Damon
Benjamin Newman
Nathaniel Archer
Abby J Purington
Sarah A Sewarcl
Frances P Weeks
George A Lord
William Heard
Martha E Hanson
Charlotte M Kimball
Mary J Patterson
Amount
Balance
Jan. 1919
Income
Exp
ense
Jan. 1920
100 05
4
00
4 05
100 00
250 06
10 00
2
00
258 06
125 15
5
00
2
00
128 15
122 37
4 89
2
00
125 26
130 35
5
21
135 56
57 14
2
28
1
50
57 92
108 36
4
33
2
00
110 69
370 57
14 82
5
00
380 39
200 81
8
03
r
208 84
53 40
2
13
1
50
54 03
106 58
4
26
6
00
104 84
119 58
4
78
2
00
122 36
77 86
3
11
2
00
78 97
130 02
5
20
135 22
114 21
4
56
2
00
116 77
52 92
2
12
2
00
53 04
56 33
2
25
1
50
57 08
117 25
4
69
2
00
119 94
55 77
2
23
1
50
56 50
55 77
2
33
1
50
56 60
117 11
4
68
2
00
119 79
113 43
4 53
3
50
114 46
116 54
4
66
2
00
119 20
115 13
4
60
2
00
117 73
56 24
2
24
1
50
56 98
53 91
2
15
56 06
108 86
4 35
2
00
111 21
231 53
9
26
5
00
235 79
116 22
4
64
120 86
110 70
4 43
4
00
111 13
66 IPSWICH TOAYX REPORT
Xame of Fund
William L Rust
E Maria Stone
L S & E B Jewett
John Cook
Jonathan L Choate
Sarah E Twombly
N S & Eben Kimball
General James Applet on
Etta L Wentworth
Baker & Dixon
Charles H Baker
Jeremiah Brocklebank
William H Russell
Winthrop Low
Edward Morrill
Richard L Spiller
Abbie M Fellows
Nathaniel R Farley
Eunice & Elizabeth Far lev
Mrs Chas S Willcomb
Elizabeth L Chapman
Clara B Dobson
Airs Chas D Weeks
Mary E Roberts
Everard H Martin
John B Brown
Airs Harriet A Lamson
William Kimball
Olive P Smith
David F Dow
Amount
Balance
.Jan. 1919
Income
Exp
ense
Jan. 1920
51 64
2
06
1
50
52 20
83 00
3
32
4
00
82
268 72
10
74
6
00
273 46
52 66
2
10
1
50
53 26
162 72
6
50
3
00
166 22
105 37
4
21
3
00
106 58
104 41
4
17
00
104 58
258 97
10
35
5
00
264 32
51 64
2
06
2
00
51 70
44 39
1
77
2
00
44 16
78 66
3
14
2
00
79 80
51 02
2
04
1
50
51 56
51 02
2
04
1
50
5] 56
51 02
2
04
1
50
51 56
51 02
2
04
1
50
51 56
102 04
4
08
3
00
103 12
51 54
2
06
1
50
52 10
104 08
4
16
2
00
106 24
r 51 04
2
04
1
00
52 08
104 08
4
16
2 00
106 24
152 04
6
08
158 12
51 02
2
04
1
50
51 56
106 12
3
74
109 86
104 32
4
17
3
50
104 99
101 50
4
06
3
00
102 56
107 12
4
28
2
00
109 40
51 02
2
04
1
50
51 56
76 20
3
04
2
00
77 24
102 00
4 08
3
00
103 08
50 00
2
00
2
00
50 00
IPSAY It'll TOWN IMPORT 67
Amount
Balance
Name of Fund
Jan. 1919
ome
Expense
Jan. i:
Eliza A Foss
51 50
2
06
Sylvanus Caldwell
LT)3 00
4
12
4 on
103 12
Mary J Staniford
103 50
4
14
2 00
105
Frank H Lord
102 00
4 08
6 00
100 08
Mary E Bowen
51 00
04
2 00
51 04
Peatfield
101 00
4 04
2 00
103 04
H B Brown
75 75
3
03
1 50
77 28
George A Mann
101 00
4
04
2 00
103 04
Alice H Bone
50 50
2
02
1 50
51 02
John H Baker
50 00
2
oo l
1 50
50 50
E K & Margaretta Brown 100 00
4
00
2 00
102 00
Pauline T Farley
100 00
3
66
103 66
William DuckAvorth
150 00
4
00
2 00
152 00
George Spiller
300 00
8
00
308 00
Foster Russell
100 00
2
33
102 33
Emma AY Tyler
100 00
2
00
102 00
Emma Baxter
50 00
1
00
51 00
Wm A Spiller
50 00
1
00
51 00
Seth Senior
50 00
83
50 83
E M Carpenter
50 00
50
50 50
John C Foss
50 00
33
50 33
Joseph Johnson
50 00
50 00
Dexter Mclntire
50 00
50 00
Mary A Foster
50 00
50 00
$18977 81 $735 43 $363 05 $19350 19
Income undivided
66
$19350 85
68 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
RECEIPTS.
Amount of Fund, January, 1919 $17812 39
New Funds during year $1175 00
Income from Investments 726 51
$1901 51
$19713 90
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for care of lots $363 05
%
$19350 85
INVESTMENT ACCOUNT.
Town of Ipswich, Electric Light 4s
$2000 00
Town of Ipswich, Water
7500 00
City of Fitchburg School 4s
3000 00
Water Front Improvement Loan 4s
2100 00
Liberty Bonds
3600 00
Ipswich Savings Bank
1082 85
Cash on hand
68 00
$19350 85
INCOME ACCOUNT
i
Balance undivided January, 1919
$9 58
Town of Ipswich, Electric Light Loan
$ 80 00
Town of Ipswich, Water
300 00
City of Fitchburg, School Loan
120 00
Water Front Improvement
84 00
Liberty Bonds
132 59
Ipswich Savings Bank
9 92
$726 51
$736 09
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 69
CREDIT.
Cemetery Funds ■ $735 43
Income undivided 66
$736 09
OTHER TRUST FUNDS.
ELIZABETH M. BROWN FUND.
Town of Ipswich, in trust, the income to be used under
the direction of the Selectmen, by the Agent of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Balance, January, 1919 $878 92
Income 17 56
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank, Jan. 1920 $896 48
JOHN C. KIMBALL FUND.
Town of Ipswich, Trustee, under the will of John C.
Kimball, income to be used for the purchase of books for
the Ipswich Public Library.
Balance, January, 1919 $522 46
Income 10 00
$532 46
Feb. 28, 1919, paid to F. A. Kimball, Treasurer 22 46
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank, January, 1919 $510 00
70 IPSWICH To WW REPORT
Treasurer's Department*
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
RECEIPTS
Balance, January. 1919
$25205
70
Taxes, 1914 $ 5
60
1915
57
89
1916
645
10
1917
4968
71
1918
15300
30
1919
98316
22
Moth, 1916
1
80
1917
27
55
1918
150
73
1919
1399
43
Department Bills :
City of Cambridge, Soldiers' Relief
a/c
231
00
Coram, of Mass., Poor a/c, 1918
424
56
" " " Mothers' Aid
a/c, 1918
286
00
" " " Sick support
5
00
Temporary Aid
8
00
" State Aid, 1918
2684
00
" " " Contagious Diseas
50
Miscellaneous Dept. bills
109
94
Revenue Receipts:
Comm. of Mass., Income Tax, 1917
468
00
n it n u k i92g
819
00
ii it n a a i9i9
10962
96
" " " " 1919
School Fund
4460
00
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 71
Comm, of Ma^s. Streel Railway Tax 738 96
Corporation Tax,
Pub. Service 1942 27
( Jorporatiofl Tax,
Business 6731 28
National Bank Tax 9048
Nat. Bank Tax, 1917 5892
Soldiers' Exemption 86
Liquor Li 1620 00
Junk Licenses 120 00
Motor Vehicle Licen 20 00
Other Lie Pee and I Vim 189 00
Third Dis I Jourt, Criminal Fin< - 656 30
Count v of Bs ex, Dog Licens 329 38
Collector's Dept., Cost -, etc. 116 39
Other General Government Receipts 256 15
rich Mills. Police Service 600 00
Fire Dept., Receipts 31 88
Tree Warden, Receipt-"; 45 00
Comm. of Mass., Tuberculosis Subsidy 6 43
Mass. Highway Commission, Turnpike
reimbursement 25 55
\ Jounty of Essex, Turnpike reim-
bursement 1500 00
Bay State St. Ry. Co., Excise Tax,
1917 and 1918
Comm. of Mass., Bounty on Seal
Town Farm Receipts
Rent of Town Hall
Poor Dept., Receipts
Comm. of Mass., Tuition * of State
Wards
Town of Rowley, Tuition
Miscellaneous Receipts, School Dept.
Sale of Hay at Playground
Interest on Taxes
3387
38
2
00
1879
60
294
00
117
75
266
00
1072
50
32
28
15
00
1456
68
72
IPSWICH TOWN' REPORT
Interest on Deposits
Town Scale Receipt >
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves
Town Farm Insurance Refund
All other revenue receipts
County of Essex, Essex Road reim
bursement
Mass. Highway Commission, Es ex
Road reimbursement
Electric. Light Dept., light, power, etc
Water Dept., water s, supplies, etc.
Temporary Loa
Electric Light Loan
Highway Dept., Loan
Sundry Persons, Perpetual Care Funds
Cemetery Trust Funds care of Lots
Income from Trust Funds
Welcome Home Committee, sale of
banquet tickets, etc.
905
77
20
30
450
00
2
20
310
46
*5h\S77
74
• p ' / \ 1 CJ 1 1
i i
1200
00
1200
00
. 28039
57
. 1515:5
85000
00
6000
00
2500
00
Is 1175
00
363
05
776
53
766
10
$323788
24
$348993 94
IPSWICH TOWN
REPORT
73
EXPENDITURES
Accountant's Warrants :
Department Orders
$l:
Electric Light Dept. Payments
.J7727
44
Electric Light Notes
3550
00
Electric Light Interest
2284
00
Water Dept. Payments
12653
08
Water Dept. Interest
7917
00
Water Dept. Notes
2150
00
Temporary Loans
90000
00
Interest on Temporary Loans
2148
67
General Loans
6500
00
Interest on General Loans
1995
50
State Tax
14410
00
State Highway Tax
4760
50
Special State Tax
864
60
County Tax
10635
42
Non-Resident Bank Tax
457
11
Comm. of Mass., Liquor License Fees
397
50
Wm, J. Riley, Treas. Trust Funds
Perpetual Care Accounts
1175
00
Trust Fund Income
771.
53
Bay State St. Ry. Co., Refund-Over
payment Excise Tax
144
17
Mass. Highway Comm., Turnpike
re-
imbursement
1500
00
Bounty on Seal
2
00 4
«pOOt I ± 1 o.'
Balance, Dec. 31, 1919
14276 05
$348993 94
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
BALANCE SHEET.
DR.
Cash on hand, December 31, 1
t276 05
Win. J. Riley, Collector, Tax 1913 $
97 33
" 1914
863 36
" 1915
16 64
" 1916
29 05
HUT
16 34
" 1918
5587 21
• 1919
17676 37
Moth 1908 W
38 71
" 1911
2 26
" 1912
8 38
" 1913
54 95
" 1914
8 84
11 1915
21 85
" 1916
127 47
" 1917
58 85
" 1918
68
" 1919
258 62
Street Sprinkling, 1911
1912
03
10 09
1913
14 82
Electric Light
Water
4304 38
5223 01
Department Bills
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1054 85
1882 67
Revenue, 1920
2381 98
Overlay, 1915
387 81
Water Department 658 21
$41672 93
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept. $122025 20
Net Bonded Debt 178724 80
^007n0 00
Trust Funds
$20757 33
$377456 31
IPSWICH TOWN RKPORT
75
BALANCE SHEET.
CR.
Overlay, 1912
$ 283
4:!
1913
100
19
1914
117
66
1917
290
68
1918
408
78
1919
1898
Q6
In urance, Fire Loss
2104
80
Temporary Loans
25000
00
Electric Light Revenue
4304
38
Water Revenue
522:]
01
Moth Suppression
2287
24
Eagle Hill Road
82
24
Essex Road
593
10
Blaisdell Avenue
89
01
Town Farm
325
00
Education
816
74
Shell Fish
20
00
Welcome Home Celebration
188
04
Electric Light Department
1383
13
ipTtOOXU ^.O
Refunding Loan
$5600 (
Central Fire Station Loan
8000
oc
Electric Light Loan
59950
00
Water Loan
195900
00
Winthrop School Loan
17000 00
Heating Plan Loan
6000
00
Water Front Improvement Loan
2100
00
State Guard Equipment Loan
3700
00
Eighway Department Loan
2500
00
$300750 00
Cemetery Trust Funds
Ki in ball Library Fund
Brown Animal Fund
Excess and Deficiency
$19350 85
510 00
896 48
$20757 33
$367022 82
$ 10433 49
$377456 31
76 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT.
I certify that I have examined the accounts of the
Treasurer and find them correct, and find the balance in the
hands of the treasurer to agree with the report submitted.
I have approved vouchers for all bills paid and find
them to agree with the Treasurer's warrants.
FREDERICK S. WITHAM, Auditor.
XOTES MATURING 1920.
Centra] Fire Station Loan .
$ 1000 00
Refunding Loan
700
00
Winthrop School Loan
2000
00
Heating- Plant Loan
o00
00
Water Front Improvement Loan
300
00
State Guard Equipment Loan
1000
00
Highway Department Loan
2500
00
Electric Light Loan
4050
00
Water Loan
2150
00
$14200 on
INTEREST ON DEBT 1920
Central Fire Station Loan
$ 350
00
Refunding Loan
224
00
Winthrop School Loan
680
00
Heating Plant Loan
240
00
Water Front Improvement Loan
84
00
State Guard Equipment Loan
155
00
Highway Department Loan
57
50
Electric Light Loan
2442
00
Water Loan
7831
00
Temporary Loans (estimated)
3000
00
$15063 50
IPSWICH TOWX REPORT
77
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT*
Uncollected
Collected
Uncollected
Year
Jan., 1919
1919
Abated Dec. 31, 1919
1913 Tax 97 33
$ 97 33
1914 '
868 96
5 60
....... 863 36
1915 '
631 08
57 89
$556 55 16 64
1916 '
674 15
645 10
29 05
1917 '
5955 77
4968 71
150 72 836 34
1918 '
21372 58
15300 30
485 07 5587 21
•1919 '
116094 53
98316 22
101 94 17676 37
$119293 82
$1294 28 $25106 30
*Amount Committed.
Amount of uncollected raxes, January, 1919 $29599 87
78
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
BONDED DEBT
Title of Loan
Amount
Payable
Central Fire Station
$ 8000 00
Serially
1920-1927
Refunding
5600 00
1920-1927
Winthrop School
17000 00
1920-1935
Heating Plant
6000 00
1920-1931
Water Front Improvement
2100 00
1920-1926
State Guard Equipment
3700 00
1920 1923
Highway Department
2500 00
1920
Electric Light
59950 00
Serially
1920-1938
Water Notes
35900 00
< <
1920-1936
Water Bonds
130000 00
1924
Water Bonds
30000 00
11)27
Total Bonded Debt
$300750 00
Sinking Fund, Water Dept. $122025 20
NET BONDED DEBT
$178724 80
TEMPORARY LOANS
First National Bank, Ipswich $2000 00
Sinking Fund, Water Dept. 5000 00
May 15, 1920
June 26, 1920
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
79
List of Unpaid 19 J9 Bills.
SELECTMEN
Essex Book Binderv, binding reports $82 99
D A Grady, auto hire 2 00
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
Ipswich Chronicle, advertising $25 00
Dalton Adding Machine Co., baalnce due 7 00
ASSESSORS
John W Nourse, balance of salary
$47 52
TOWN HALL
J H Sheppard, labor $
6 00
Alonzo L Brown, laundry
2 84
Chas L Lovell, fuel
68 84
Angus I Savory, supplies
1 20
B J Conley, supplies
9 00
F E Wood, removing ashes
5 50
Ipswich Gasligljt Co, gas
34 60
George Hayes, plumbing
9 85
Water Department, water
6 91
A J Brenan, labor
50
POLICE
John W Goodhue, supplies $
1 78
Sundry persons, wages
117 50
N E Tel & Tel Co, telephone
4 17
H C Poor, labor
14 00
Cable Hospital, board
2 00
Chas S Garrette, supplies
1 80
B B Mansfield, M D, services
7 00
Heirs of S F Canney, use of camp
10 00
D A Grady, auto hire
23 50
$84 99
$32 00
$47 52
$145 24
$181 75
80 IPSWICH TOWX REPORT
FIRE
Sundry persons balance of waues from
May 1, 1919, to Dee. 31, 1919 $1233 34
WEIGHTS AND .MEASURES
Win A Stone, balance of 1919 salary
American Railway Ex Co, express
W & L E G-urley, supplies
D A Grady, auto hire
A C Damon, supplies
F E Wood, use of team
TREE WARDEN
E Wood, use of horse $8 75
RES
$9
70
74
3
05
7
00
4
95
3
00
HEALTH
D A Grady, auto hire $ 2 00
City of Salem, board and care 130 71
Dept. Public Welfare, board and care 92 00
W F Poole, groceries 24 00
A C Damon, supplies 1 30
American Railway Ex Co, expre 1 22
Tougas & Tougas, groceries 12 00
Hamilton Hardware Store, supplies 9 15
EJM Scahill, transportation 96 00
Geo A Schofield, insurance 45 00
City of Boston, board and care 112 86
Town Farm Dept., board 36 00
Sundry Persons, loss of wages 131 00
Sundry persons, guard duty 29 63
Coburn Charitable Ass., services welfare
nurse 350 00
Comm. of Massachusetts, epidemic
supplies 1800 00
$1233 34
$28 44
$8 75
$2872 87
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 81
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Water Dept., water - $20 28
John W Goodhue, supplies 98
A C Damon, supplies 4 35
ESSEX ROAD
\ J Bolles supplies $1 10
OUT POOR DEPARTMENT
City of Chicopee, board and care $65 76
Mass. General Hospital, board and care 46 90
EDUCATION
A J Wilkinson & Co, supplies $73 48
A H Peatfield, fuel 14 75
$25 61
$1 10
$112 66
$88 23
Total unpaid bills $4862 50
82
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
List of Town Property*
School Houses
Public Buildings
Public Grounds
Town Farm
Cemeteries
Heard Wharf
Averoff Wharf
Turkey Shore Pasture
Woodland, Linebrook
Woodland, Common Fields
Thatch Bank, Great Flats
• Thatch Bank, Third Creek
Two Gravel Pits, Washington Street
Fire Apparatus
Highway Department
In addition to the property enumerated above, there is
the shore, beach and other property given to the Town by
the Commoners, value of which is not estimated. The valu-
ation of Water Works and Electric Lighting Plant will be
found in the Water and Light Report.
$120000 00
40000
00
10000
00
30000 00
5000
00
100
00
3250
00
1000 00
200 00
75
04
1500
00
15000 00
6713 00
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 8:*
Assessors Report
APPROPRIATIONS.
Education
$49000 00
Highways
19000 00
Electric Light Department
10905 00
Out Poor
7700 00
Fire Department
6470 00
Interest
5495 50
Police Department
5200 00
Town Farm
4000 00
Health Department
3500 00
Treasurer and Collector
3275 00
State Aid
2500 00
Town Hall
2300 00
Selectmen
2275 00
Water Department
2237 50
Cemeteries
1800 00
Auditing and Accounting
1500 00
Assessors
900 00
Town Clerk
750 00
Election and Registration
550 00
Tree Warden
400 00
84
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Parks
Law Department
Weights and Measures
Forest Warden
Shell Fish
Essex Road
Memorial Day
Moth Work
Total appropriations
County Tax
State Tax
State Highway Tax
Special State Tax
Overlay for 1919
Excess of abatements above overlay in 1916'
Total amount to be raised
Estimated income
Non-resident Bank Tax
Amount assessed on 1427 Polls
Amount assessed on Property
Amount of Personal Property assessed
Amount of Real Estate assessed
Value of buildings assessed
\ T alue of land assessed
375 00
300 00
210 00
100 00
200 00
2000 00
250 00
2928 33
$136121 33
$136121
33
10635
42
14410 00
4760
50
864
60
2000
00
148 55
$168940 40
53002
48
$115937 92
466
68
$116404 60
$ 2854 00
113083 92
$1328614 00
4623131 00
3287086 00
1336045 00
Number of horses
" ' ' cows
sheep
other neat cattle
344
505
61
197
IPSWICH TOWN KKPORT
85
swine
fowl
acres of land
persons assessed
persons assessed on property
persons assessed on poll only
dwelling houses
Rate of Taxation, $19.00 on $1000.
Later assessments were as follows :
On 46 polls
On Personal Property
On Real Estate
L34
4463
17645
2148
1218
930
1301'
$92 00
21 38
43 23
JOHN W. NOURSE,
RICHARD R. GLASIER,
GEORGE FALL,
Assessors
86 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Police Report*
Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
I have the honor to submit to you the report of the
duties performed by "the Police Department for the year
ending December 31, 1919.
Total number of arrests, 330.
Arrests by months: January 24, February 26, March 31 ?
April 9, May 51, June 40, July 47, August 30, September
24, October 19, November 18, December 11.
CLASSIFICATION OF CRIME.
Drunkenn 117
Gaming 7
Larceny 12
Non-support 2
Violation of fish and game laws 7
Assault and battery 11
Bastardy 2
Non-attendance at school 3
Violation of town by-laws 9
Making threats 1
Violation of Auto law 68
Keeping house of ill fame 1
Lewdness 1
ipswich town import
Fornication 5
Lewd and lascivious cohabitation 4
Liquor nuisance 9
Illegal sale of liquor 15
Keeping- liquor with intent to sell 9
Breach of peace 1
Vagrancy 40
Violation of Pure Food Law 1
Adultery 1
Operating auto under influence of liquor 2
Violation of Short Weight La\v 1
Violation of Board of Health Regulations 1
Total 330
Crimes against persons 12
Crimes against property 12
Crimes against public order 306
Total 330
DISPOSITION OF CASES.
Fined 89
Probated 54
Committed to House of Correction 38
Filed 35
Appealed 13
Continued 44
Discharged 24
Suspended 26
Defaulted 6
Held for Grand Jury 1
Total 330
STOLEN PROPERTY.
Value of property reported stolen $410 00
Value of property recovered 315 00
LOST PROPERTY.
Value of property reported lost $27 25
Value of property recovered and restored to owners 27 25
88 . IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Assistance rendered persons in distress lis
Buildings found open and secured 24
Complaints investigated 315
Committed to Danvers Hospital 5
Lost children restored to parents 7
Number of dogs kitted 9
Number of hours of special duty for private parties 1120
INVENTORY OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Number of badges 14
" " chain twisters 12
" " electric light flashlights 5
" " pairs of handcuffs 4
" keys 30
" " metal whistles 6
"' " clubs 14
Amount of fines received from the Third Dist. Court $656 30
Amount of fines collected for the last quarter in
hands of Court 219 25
$875 55
In submitting the above report I desire to take this op-
portunity to extend my sincere thanks to the Board of Se-
lectmen, Judge George H W Hayes and all other officials of
the Court, Town Counsel Frank E Raymond, and to the offi-
cers and all others who have assisted me in the performance
of my official duties.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD LEAYITT,
Chief of Police.
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT «<)
Engineers' Report*
To the Selectmen of Ipswich :
Following is the report of the Board of Engineers of
the Fire Department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1919 :
No. of men in the Department
40
No. of box alarms
12
No. of still alarms
31
Total number of alarms
43
Property threatened by fire
$31900 00
Insurance on same
7200 00
Insurance paid
6531 17
Property loss
15800 00
Value of department equipment
15000 00
Value buildings occupied by dept.
20000 00
Value fire alarm equipment
3500 00
DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT
Steamer
1
Hook and Ladder
1
Auto Combination Chemical and Hose
1
Hose Wagons
2
Hose Reels
4
Fire Alarm boxes
19
No. feet of hose
5800
90 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
We would recommend that the Town purchase a three
way motor pumping engine at a cost not to exceed $10000.00
or make some provisions to improve our present equip-
ment.
ARTHUR H. WALTON,
EDWIN M. POOLE,
Engineers.
IPSWICH TOWN RKPORT !)1
Report Of The
Sealer of Weights and Measures*
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
I have the honor to present to you the annual report
of the Sealer of Weights and Measures.
This department comes directly under the supervision
of the State Commissioner of Standards and it is his inten-
tion at all times to broaden the scope of the Sealer's work.
Every Sealer is supposed to make constant improvement as
he acquires a larger experience. He is expected by the
State Department to be steadily on the job, making inspec-
tions and re-weighings and to see that the public gets hon-
est weight and measure.
While the Statute requires that devices for weighing
and measuring used by dealers shall be annually tested and
sealed or condemned in accordance with the result of such
tests, the fact that a dealer is using a sealed weight or
measure does not absolve him from liability when giving
ort weight or measure. He is held strictly responsible
to the public.
All scales, weights and measures used for buying and
selling, shipping, payment of wages, or any commercial use
whatsoever, must be tested and sealed, and any person us-
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
ing scales, weights and measures that are not properly test-
ed and sealed is liable to prosecution.
"Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent or as the
servant or agent of another person, gives or attempts to give
false or insufficient weight or measure shall for a first of-
fence be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars,
for a second offence by a fine of not more than two hundred
dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of fifty dol-
lars and by imprisonment for not less than thirty nor more
than ninety days." (Chap. 394, Acts of 1907, as amended
by Chap. 163, Acts of 1911.)
Platform Scales over 5000 lbs.
9 Sealed
Platform Scales under 5000 lbs.
56 '
3 Condemned
Counter Scales
29 '
1 1
Beam Scales
17 '
Spring Balance Scales
45 -
i 6
Computing Scales
28 '
i 2
Slot Scales
5 '
i 3
Avoirdupois Weights
397 '
' 40 Adjusted
Dry Measures
14 '
Liquid Measures
115 '
4 Condemned
Oil & Gasoline Pumps
24 '
1 1
Molasses Pumps
7 '
Yard Sticks
22 '
1
Prescription Scales
4 '
Apothecary Weights
96 '
.Metric Weights
67 '
Fees and adjusting charges collected and paid to Town
Treasurer, $89.94.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM A. STONE,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
93
Report of Superintendent of Streets*
Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the annual report of the Street De-
partment for the year ending December 31, 1919:
Team Xo. 1 worked 2296 hours @ $.90 $2066 40
Team No. 2 worked 2208 hours @ $.90 1987 20
Single Team worked 1280 hours @ $.25 320 00
$4373 60
Number of gallons of Oil on streets 14476
Number of sq. yds. covered by same 77379
Number of gallons of tarvia on streets 1200
Number of sq. yds. covered by same 3158
Cost of oil
Cost of labor, teams, sand covering the same
Cost of tarvia
Cost of labor, teams, sand covering the same
INVENTORY
$817 13
285 40
144 00
• 43 00
$1289 53
4 horses
3 pr. double harness
2 pr. street blankets
2 pr. storm blankets
$1300 00
175 00
50 00
7 00
94 IPSWK'II T
OWN REPORT
2 pr. stable blankets
7 50
3 two-horse carts
375 00
2 two-horse sleds
100 00
1 two-horse sweeper
225 00
3 road machines
475 00
4 road plows
55 00
12 gravel screens
60 00
2 two-horse shovels
25 00
3 stone drags
15 00
1 two-horse stone roll or
40 00
3 road drags
40 00
1 steam roller
1000 00
2 scarifiers
300 00
• 2 watering carts
375 00
7 snow plows
175 00
1 one-horse wagon
60 00
1 oil wagon
600 00
1 tar kettle
45 00
1 Ford truck
250 00
1 Albany jack
13 50
1 differential hoist
25 00
Snow fences
120 00
All other tools, etc.,
800 00
d»R71Q Art
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH A. HUCKENS,
Superintendent of Streets-
[PSWICH TOWN REPORT 95
Report of the Overseers' of the Poor*
OUT POOR DEPARTMENT.
The appropriation for L919 was $7706.40; the amount
expended, $5567.62; leaving a balance of $2138.78 to be re-
turned to the town treasury. This is the best showing made
in the Out Poor Department for many years.
Four causes have contributed to this highly satisfactory
result, viz: The prevailing good times, the war prohibition,
the work of supervision, and the policy of education.
During the past year, work was plentiful and wages
high. No person phyi ically tit was unable to find employ-
ment. In fact, the work generally sought the worker, and
he had opportunity to choose that which was most to his
liking and to demand a large return for his labor. This was
not all gain, however, because the high cost of commodities
offset in a measure the high wages. And again, the phy-
sically unfit and the widow with small children were not
able to take advantage of the high wages, while the town
was compelled to pay the higher cost of their support. Nev-
ertheless, there has been gain from the cause mentioned,
and this has helped to reduce the expense of the Out Poor
Department.
While liquor did not wholly disappear under war-time
m IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
prohibition, yet it was not so easily to be obtained. As a
result, there was marked improvement in many homes. Men
improved in health, ambition returned, they went to work,
kept steadily at it, and spent their money upon the family
instead of upon themselves, thus manfully assuming their
obligations instead of thrusting them upon the town. These
facts were noted by all charitable workers, whether public
or private. For several months we have not received an ap-
plication for aid where the distress was immediately trace-
able to drink.
The work of this department has been closely super-
vised. Applications for aid have been carefully examined
and relief extended only where need actually existed. The
cases, have been followed up and aid withdrawn as soon as
the distress has passed. The tax-payers' money has been
well handled, as will be seen by the large amount remain-
ing unexpended. Still, the policy has not been niggardly ;
for, while there has been no needless waste, the deserving-
poor have not been allowed to suffer Brain and heart have
worked together with gratifying results.
The continued policy of education is bearing fruit, and
the people are learniiig the valuable le son of self-support
and self-respect. The fact is dawning upon minds
that, while the town is ever ready to help those who arc
unable to help themselves, it docs not wish to be imposed
upon. The atmosphere is clearing and light is beiu^; seen
ahead. The shirker is learning to be I 1 the
worker, instead of spending all, is being taught to save the
proverbial penny for the rainy day. Those who fall into
temporary distres learning to look to their credit in-
stead of to the town; and those who have a hidden store,
to draw upon it and not upon the town treasury. Children
who have passed school a.^e are learning that they have a
duty to needy parents which must no1 be neglected.
The policy of education is helping to save the public
funds and prevent the pauperization of the people.
Is it too much to ask well-meaning citizens not to be
too ready to give their, sometimes mistaken sympathy to
those who have been denied aid! Why should they not first
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 1)7
consult the Overseers and hear their side of the story? If
such persons have information to imparl which will help in
the work of investigation, the Board will be only too glad
to receive it.
While the needs of the coming year cannol be foretold,
yet from pre: cut indications the Overseers feel warranted
in recommending a considerably smaller appropriation than
was made last year.
TOWN FARM DEPARTMENT.
The appropriation for the Farm was $4000.00; the ex-
penditures, $3991.54; leaving a small balance of $8.46. The
net cost of maintaining each inmate per wei •; $4.06, a
decrease of 12 cents from 1918. The total number of in-
mates registered for 1919 was 16 ; the average number dur-
ing the year was 10.
The inventory of stock, tools, produce, etc., on Decem-
ber 31, 1919, showed an increase of $554.75 over the prev-
ious year. Jn addition, a one-story carriage phed, dairy
workshop and harness room combined, 54 feet long, and 18
feet wide, was built mostly of second-hand stock over the
cellar of, the shed which was lurried in 1912. This afford 1
abundant storage for the root crops, of which there were
600 bushels of mangles, our stock oi potatoes, and a large
quantity of carrots, turnips, beets, etc., for the house and
feed for the stock. The building alone is insurable for
$1000.
The farming operations, with exception of the potato
crop which was damaged by the continuous fall rains, were
more than usually successful. 250 bushels of corn on the
cob were stored, and 65 tons of English hay, estimated. The
time is not far distant when extra barn room will be needed
for the housing of the stock and hay. The apple orchard of
young trees is doing well, and in the course of two or three
years the income from this source will help to still further*
reduce the net expense. We are making haste slowly yet
surely; there is no plunging, no trying of doubtful experi-
ments; and the gradual decrease of the cost from year to
year is evidence that we are moving along right lines.
98 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
The work in the house is being carried forward in a
satisfactory manner. There is always enough for all, yel
no waste nor extravagance is apparent. The new heating
plant will fill a long felt want and add greatly to the
fort of the Home. It should also mean a saving in fuel ex-
pense. The appropriation of $325.00 for the installing of a
telephone remains unused, because Ave could not get the
Company to consider the matter under existing conditions,
and the amount would have been insufficient if the C
pany had been ready to do the work. Most of the build-
ings have been removed from the approach to the Home, the
litter cleared away, trees trimmed, etc., and the place pre-
sents a neat and attractive appearance as first seen by the
visitor.
The Overseers are working in perfect harmony; the
Superintendent is capable and efficient ; the Matron is all
that could be desired; the farm hand and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Baylan, are daily proving their worth ; and
the inmates who are capable of rendering service are to be
complimented for the willingness to aid to the extent of
their ability.
A few more years' continuance of the present plan un-
der the same management, will prove that the Town Farm
can be maintained at very small expense to the tax-payers.
As it is, we do not know where else or how the inmates
could be housed, fed, clothed, supplied with medical at-
tendance, etc., at the low cost of $4.06 per week, and Ave
expect to reduce this amount the coming year.
State Inspector BardAvell says that any almshouse that
can reduce the Aveekly expense in these times beloAv $5.00
per inmate is doing remarkably well.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK T. GOODHUE,
JOHN G. SPERLING,
CHARLES G. HULL,
Overseers of the Poor.
IPSWICH TOWN KKPORT 99
Selectmen's Report*
We feel that the time has come when the Town should
make some changes. The cost of labor and teams makes it
imperative that some cheaper and more rapid method of
handling road material be provided- We recommend that
a gasoline gravel loading machine be purchased at a cost of
about $750.00 and at least one. auto truck, for carrying and
spreading gravel at a cost of $3200.00. ' After investigations
lasting more than a year your Selectmen are satisfied that
this is the only solution of economical road building and re-
pairs in Ipswich. More new construction should be made
and some macadam oil binder should be applied before the
road is used. It would be an advantage to the Town to have
an oil tank to store material so that we could apply when
needed and in proper condition. More money must be ap-
propriated and spent upon our roads if we are to keep up
the reputation of the Town in the past. The changed con-
ditions in their use is ample justification for this statement.
We would recommend that the Selectmen or some other
agent be appointed and instructed by the Town to pur-
100 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
chase supplies for the Town, particularly coal for all town
buildings. As a large saving of time and money could be
made for the people and the auto truck and gravel loader
we have recommended could be u: ed to great advantage in
handling it.
We feel that it would be of advantage to the people
and the Town itself if the Electric Light Commissioners
would make arrangements to purchase its oavii supplies
direct and materials, fixtures and electrical equipment fur-
nished to the people at cost plus handling charges as was
done a few years ago.
It has been difficult during the past few years to find
people willing to serve as Field Drivers. The law now calls
for their appointment by the Selectmen. This year, after
a long search for some one to serve in this capacity, Ave fell
back upon the police and appointed them with very satis-
factory results. The great drawback was the lack of a
pound, and we would recommend that the Selectmen be au-
thorized and instructed to provide one or more suitable
places for impounding cattle.
FRANK W KYES,
EBEN B. MOULTON,
JOHN A. BROWN,
Selectmen of Ipswich.
IPSWICH town REPORT
Town Clerk's Report*
To the Selectmen of Ipswich,
Gentlemen : — In submitting myarinual report for your
consideration, I would again state what I have done in pa i
years : That is the fact that more room, and fire-proof at
that, is needed for the placing of the Records of the Town.
Those records must be preserved and kept in a place of se-
curity. The vault in the office of the Clerk and Treasurer is
now T in use by both offices and is crowded to overflowing
with the books, papers and documents of both offices. There
is also in the store-room a large number of books and docu-
ments that should be put in a more secure place, that is, in
a word, they should be in a fire-proof room or vault. I am
not proposing any appropriation, for the reason that I am
not familiar enough with the construction of such places to
speak with any authority. Let it be understood that these
books and documents have more than a passing value, and
are as well required by law to be kept, as by the will of the
inhabitants of the town. I have books now in the hands
of the book binders, being rebound, as they could not be
used any longer as they were, and others must follow as soon
as those are received.
The vital statistics show a decrease in marriages and
deaths over former years, but the birth rate shows in ere n
102 IPSWICH TOWX UKPORT
I submit the following figures:
Whole number of births reported
195
Fathers native born
54
Fathers foreign born
139
Fathers unknown
2
195
Mothers native born
51
Mothers foreign born
144
195
Living in Ipswich
179
Other places
16
Marriages returned to the office
76
Grooms born in U. S.
34
Grooms born in foreign countries
42
76
Brides born in U. S.
29
Brides born in foreign countries
47
76
Grooms residing in Ipswich
58
In other places
18
76
Brides residing in Ipswich
63
In other places
13
76
Deaths as returned
91
Males
51
Females
40
Oldest person, James T. Mann,
90 yrs. 7 mos.
7 days.
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 103
Over 80 years:
Emily A. Harris 89 yrs. 5 mos. 29 days
Catherine D. Clarke 86 yrs,
William H. Kirk 87 yrs. 8 days
Nathaniel Rust 85 yrs. llmos. 12 days
Margaret E. Story 85 yrs. 1 mo. 6 days
Maria Mann 85 yrs.
Margaret B. Johnson 82 yrs. 8 mos. 1 day
Sarah P. Caldwell 86 yrs. 8 mos. 26 days
Henry Stone 82 yrs. 3 mos. 27 days
Caroline McHale 82 yrs.
Stephen Jewett 81 yrs.
Licenses issued as follows:
Resident hunters' certificates 232
Unnaturalized foreign hunters' certificates 1
Resident fishermen 13
Non-resident lobster fisherman 1
Trappers' licenses, minors 49
Liquor licenses 4
Billiards and pool 9
Hotel and victuallers 10
Junk dealers 5
Auctioneer's license 1
As will be seen the work of the Clerk's office continues
to grow and to demand more attention as time passes. Much
is now required of the Clerk that was unknown in former
years, and those calls and demands are of such character
that they must be considered and receive the attention they
require.
CHARLES W. BAMFORD,
Town Clerk.
Ipswich, February 9th, 1920.
704 IPSWICH TOWN' REPORT
Report of the Board of Health
For 1919,
Chapter 75, Sections 49, 50 and 52 of the Revised Laws
require that all diseases dangerous to the public health shall
be reported by the attending- physician within twenty-four
hours of their occurrence. Thirty-seven diseases are in-
cluded in that list. These diseases must also be reported
immediately by the local board to the State Department oi
Health. Following is the list for the year:
Chicken Pox 6
Diphtheria 11
Opthalmia Neonatorum 1
Mumps 1
Scarlet Fever 34
Tuberculosis 10
Poleo-Myelitis 1
Influenza 2
Lobar Pneumonia 2
Croupous Pneumonia 1
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 105
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis
Total 70
There were no deaths from any of these diseases.
While it is most important that the best of care and sur-
veillance be maintained when such diseases occur, it is still
more vitally important that everything possible be done to
prevent their occurrence.
In the year just closed this department has had to meet
some rather unusual conditions. While the diseases dan-
gerous to the public health have been less in number than
in any recent year, and while there have been no deaths
from any of these diseases, nevertheless, conditions have
arisen when quick and sometimes drastic action wa^ neces-
sary to prevent the spread of diseases where, had not such
action been taken, serious consequences would probably
have resulted.
With only seventy such cases reported to the depart-
ment with no deaths resulting, it looks on the surface like a
very good showing. But when it is shown that there were
eleven cases of diphtheria and thirty-four cases of scarlet
fever, and that 90% of these were cases among our alien
population, whose knowledge of the English language is lim-
ited ; a population that for the past fifteen years has seemed
to possess an immunity from these diseases, the significance
of the situation with which the department has had to deal,
becomes apparent. We have been fortunate in this connec-
tion to have been able to arrange with the Salem Health
Department to take care of most of the cases of diphtheria
and scarlet fever at their hospital for contagious diseases,
and the Board hereby gives expression of its appreciation
to the Salem Health Department, and to Health Officer
106 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
McGrath for the prompt, efficient and able service rendered
the Town of Ipswich. Had not their service been available
it would not have been possible to isolate these cases, and
reduce as was done to a minimum the spread of these dis-
eases. There have been several occasions where it was
deemed necessary to maintain a rigid quarantine, sometimes
for several days while cultures were being made or while
awaiting an available bed in the hospital. This quarantine,
while expensive, was deemed by the Board to be vitally
necessary. At this writing, Feb. 1st, we still have cases in
the hospital and also houses under quarantine. Xo one can
tell how long these conditions will prevail.
Several sanitary conditions have been carefully looked
after. There are always places that are bad, but when we
consider that Ave have a mixed population, and the fact that
the town is without a system of sewerage, we can only draw
the inference that the town has been fortunate. This con-
dition of good fortune cannot be expected to go on forever.
Overcrowding is on the increase in some tenement sections,
a condition to be expected in a community where there is
plenty of work and a shortage of housing accommodations.
Practically no houses have been built since the war began,
and our population has increased during that period. With
constantly increasing conditions of overcrowding the neces-
sity for a proper system of sewerage becomes imperative if
the town is to do the plain duty of conserving the health of
its people. We feel that the town wishes to do this, but that
it never will do it until it awakens to the necessity. It is
time to wake up and do something. A survey was made
several years ago and plans were drawn, but no action was
ever taken. It is time that something be done along these
lines.
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 107
Below are given the reports of the Agent and Milk
Inspector, which show the scope of the work done by them.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. MaeARTHUR,
AARON LORD,
GEORGE W. SMITH,
Board of Health.
Ipswich, Feb. 1st, 1920.
Agent's Report
Number of complaints received and investigated
during the year 48
Contagious disease cards posted as follows:
Diphtheria 7
Scarlet Fever . . 31
Poleo-myelitis 1
Cerebro-spinal meningitis 1
Measles 1
Dead animals buried or otherwise disposed of:
Dogs 5
Cats 3
Hens • 6
Respectfully submitted,
AARON LORD, Agent.
Feb. 1, 1920.
108 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR
As regards to the milk situation there doe . not seem
to be any report needed, for so far as I can i ee the same ca
is being used by the producers as in former years, and so I
can only repeat what I have said in my reports for the pre-
vious years past.
No reports have been made to me about the milk which
is being distributed, which seems that is sufficient proof that
our milk supply is being kept up to the standard, and the
same may be said as regards to the ice cream situation, as
all places where same is sold are in a clean and sanitary con-
dition as found after a careful inspection.
Number of milk licenses issued 16
Number of ice cream licenses issuel 15
Oleomargarine dealers registered 14
Amount received from all fees $20.50
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. SMITH,
Milk Inspector.
Jan. 5, 1920.
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT 109
DIVISION OF CHILD WELFARE
Report of the Director
In presenting the fourth annual report of this division
the Director is much gratified to announce that there has been
a material lowering of the mortality rate among children
under one year of age since this work was begun in the
summer of 1916. Below is given the figures of the birth
rate for each year since that time, together with the death
rate of children under one year, as follows :
Year Births Deaths
1915 118 23
1916 138 27
1917 155 24
1918 194 24
1919 195 21
It will be seen by the above figures that about 19%
of the children born in 1916 died under one year of age,
while in 1919 only about 10% died, a reduction of about
48%. Had the percentage been the same in 1919 that it was
in 1916 there would have been 37 deaths instead of 21. The
rate has been lowered each year. This did not simply hap-
pen, but was the result of a vast amount of intensive work
carried on with that end in view.
With the above showing it can be seen that the mor-
tality rate has been very materially lowered in four years
time. We hope to make an even better showing another
year.
Below is given a summary of the work done by the
welfare nurse for the year. It will be seen that she made
372 pre-natal visits to expectant mothers. This work al-
110 IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
ready shows promise of excellent results in the future, and
is perhaps the most important work now being done for in-
fant welfare.
Cases brought forward 401
New cases 173
Discharged 81
Moved away 14
By death 11
Over age 56
Still under care 493
Home visits 2,913
Pre-natal visits 372
Hours in Dispensary 64V2
Babies weighed and measured 89
Too much credit cannot be given Miss Stewart for the
manner in which she has carried on this work, co-ordina-
ting it with the work she has done in the schools. Ipswich
is more fortunate than many towns in having the facilities
it has for carrying on constructive health work.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. MacARTHUR,
Director.
Ipswich, Feb. 1st, 1920.
TOWN OF IPSWICH
TWENTY-SIXTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
WATER
AND
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING
COMMISSIONERS
FOR THE YEAR 1919.
IPSWICH, MASS.
G. A. SCHOFIELD & SON, PRINTERS,
686
1919
WATEK COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
Officers of
Water and Municipal Lighting
Commission.
COMMISSIONERS
ARTHUR H. WALTOX, Chairman Term expires 1921
WALTER G. BROWX Term expires 1922
WILLIAM H. RAXD Term expires 1920
CLERK
ARTHUR H. WALTOX Office, Room 5, Town House
Office hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. every week day
except Saturday. Telephone 92-R.
TREASURER «
WILLIAM J. RILEY Office at Town House
Manager Electric Light, Arthur H. Walton
Chief Engineer, Edmund A. Russell
Line Superintendent, Electric Light, C. J. Dupray
Foreman. Water Department, William P. Gould
Office of Commissioners, Room 5, Town House
Meetings held every Friday at 8 P. M.
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT.
PIPE LINE
LIST OF BTLT S AND AMOUNTS PAID FOR THE YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31. 1919.
Paid to Amount
Chapman Valve Co., supplies ' $181 40
SERVICE PIPE
Crane Co, pipe & fittinsrs
United Brass Co. pipe & fittii
Bingham & Taylor, pipe & fitting
Chadwick Boston Lead Co, pipe &» fittings
William P Gould, labor
Adam Zuek. labor
John McLaughlin, labor
Daniel McGuire, labor
MAINTENANCE
William P Gould, labor
Albert Willard, labor
John Douglass, labor
V E Rust, Jr. labor
Louis Kelly, labor
George Day. labor
Charles Rust, labor
Adam Zuek, labor'
William Walton, labor
Horace Ellsworth, labor
$181 40
$126 58
95
70
40
38
58
95
96
00
18 00
39
25
37
25
$512 11
$1167
20
3 00
10
00
14 00
7
50
4
00
6
40
51
20
1
50
40
00
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT* 5
Paid to Amount
William P Edgerly, labor 83 33
Electric Light Dept, labor 1 7 75
A J Brennan, supplies 1 00
National Meter Co, supplies
P E Wood, teaming 68 87
Hersey Mfg Co, supplies 5 67
William P Reilley, oil 2 20
Manzur & Damon, repairs 59 37
Joseph King, repairs 8 24
American Express Co, expre 5 32
L F Brown, supplies 10 80
A H Walton, paid out 3 00
Buffalo Meter Co, supplies 15 60
George Fall, fuel 3 50
Crane Co, supplies 26 63
Shawmut Chemical Co, supplies 33 60
A C Damon, supplies 10 00
John Jennings & Son, repairs 470 00
J W Goodhue, supplies 30 94
C F Chapman & Son, supplies 2 90
B & M R R, freight ' 1 90
Cannev Lumber Co, supplies 36 62
DM Dillon Boiler Co, supplies . 58 11
Walworth Mfg Co, supplies 7 52
E Howard Clock Co, supplies 13 75
Worthington Pump Co, supplies 3 60
G P Anderson Co, supplies 7 52
United States Rubber Co, supplies 8 40
Austin L Lord, repairs 23 20
Warren Steam Pump Co, supplies 2 19
H I Coggeshall, supplies • 12 20
Geo E Gilchrist, supplies 12 87
Electric Light Dept, pumping 3000 00
Cotton & Woolen Ins Co, insurance 50 00
Geo A Schofield, insurance 20 70
Damon & Damon, insurance 74 07
Mutual Boiler Ins Co, insurance 40 00
A A Jewett, bookkeeper 324 00
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
Paid to
A H Walton, clerk & manager
William H Rand, commissioner
A H Walton, commissioner
Walter G Brown, commissioner
G H W Haye/', commissioner
J H Lakeman, postage
G A Schofield & Son, printing
N E T & T Co, telephone
G H W Hayes, bond
Amount
650
00
100
00
100
00
80
55
19
45
85
37
119
00
30
50
40 00
$7118 69
NOTE PAYMENT
Notes paid by Treasurer $2150 00
INTEREST
Interest paid various parties by Treasurer $7917 00
Sinking Fund $4840 88
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1919
Receipts
Disbursements
Bal. Dec. 31, 1918 $ 2520 45
Maintenance
$7118 69
Water Rates 14506
11
Services
512 11
Services 334
37
Pipe Line
181 40
Appro note paym't 2150
00
Interest
7917 00
Appro hydrant serv 2237
50
Note Payment
2150 00
Misc. water 123
82
Sinking Fund
4840 88
Misc. receipts 144 62
Insurance dividend 45 00
$22061 87
Deficit 658
21
$22720 08
$22720 08
BALANCE SHEET FOR YEAR ENDING DEC
. 31, 1919
Bonds issued $160000
00
Engineering !
$ 3350 00
Xotes outstanding 35900
00
! and damages
3599 12
Prem. on bonds 10412
58
Pumping /Station
14425 24
Prem. on notes 60
25
Pumps & mach.
19637 65
Appropriations 35461
70
Storage Basin
27693 59
Misc. receipts 165
43
Bull Brook
1778 60
Water rates 283626
61
Distrib. reservoir
17827 56
Filter appro. 143
28
»Pipe Line const.
125321 52
Appro, notes pay. 14039
75
Service Pipe cons.
22170 79
Store House
178 70
Miscellaneous
( /Ost of const.
2834 20
238816 97
Int on Bonds
165581 20
Maintenance
95247 24
Material on hand
1667 82
Water rates due
Services due
5091 90
131 11
$539809 60
Deficit 658
21
Sink'g Fund pym
<
t 33931 57
$540467 81
$540467 81
WATEW COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
SUMMARY OF COST OF CONSTRUCTION
TO DECEMBER 31, 1919
Construction Account
Dec. 31,
1918
Dec. 11, 1919
Engineering $ 3350 00
$ 3350 00
Land dam^s & rts of way 3599 12
3599 12
Pumping Station 14425 24
14425 24
Pumps and machinery 19637 65
19637 65
Storage Basin 27693 59
27693 59
Bull Brook Supply 1778 60
1778 60
Distributing reservoir 17827 56
17827 56
Pipe Line Construction 125195 62
$125 <
125321 52
Service Pipe Construction 21961 84
208
95
22170 79
Store House 178 70
178 70
Miscellaneous 2834 20
2834 20
$238482 12
$334 85
$238816 97
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
9
SINKING FUND
Receipts
Investments
Appro. 1895
$1700 00
Ipswich Sav Bk $
127 56
1896
1759 50
Ips. Water Loan
53400 00
1897
1899 08
Ips. El ee Lt notes
23700 00
1898
1965 55
Ips. Town Notes
13100 00
1899
2032 00
111 Cent R R 3i/ 2 s
3000 00
1900
2138 65
First Nat Bank
4197 64
1901
2363 50 '
Lib Loan Bonds
24500 00
1902
2446 22
1903
2531 84
1904
2680 32
1905
2890 91
1906
2986 47
1907
3084 00
1908
3418 34
1909
3656 61
1910
3671 99
From prof 1911
3784 73
1912
3901 40
1913
4022 17
1914
4146 45
1915
4276 52
1916
4410 42
1917
4549 00
Appro. 1918
4692 43
From prof 1919
4840 88
Interest
41944 00
Profit on bonds
232 22
$:
$122025 20
L22025 20
10
WATER COMMISSIONERS ' REPORT
Superintendent's Report*
To the Board of Water Commissioners:
Gentlemen: — Following is the report f op the year end-
ing December 31, 1919.
MAIN PIPES
The number of feet of mains laid to date and sizes are
1,505
10,963
8,830
17,897
81,746
3,708
9,920
2,070
Total, 136,659=25 miles, 4,659 feet,
STREET GATES
Total number now set is 157
HYDRANTS
They are in good working order, the total now set is as
follows :
Town 179
Private 15
as follows
14
inch
12
inch
10
inch
8
inch
6
inch
4
inch
2
inch
1
inch
Total
194
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT 11
SERVICE PIPES
Ten services have been added this year. Total number
services connected with the works to date, 1070.
Following is an account of the number of services add-
ed, also the number of feet of service pipe laid (by 3
since the works were put in :
No. ser- Town Private T tal
Year vices added Ft. In. Ft- In. Ft. In.
1894 181 4,470 4 2,771 2 7,241
1895 218 5,312 3 6,051 5 11,363 8
1896 110 2,391 9 2,616 5 5,008 2
1897 32 896 6 1,991 6 2,288
1898 42 1,112 7 1,318 3 2,430 10
1899 34 841 2 1,335 10 2,177
1900* 30 641 2 2,741 4 3,382 6
1901 25 517 4 1,209 5 1,726 9
1902 25 580 1 3,657 2 4,237 3
1903 19 800 1 1,589 1 2,389 2
1904 17 367 5 263 2 630 7
1905 30 1,172 7 443 1 1,615 8
1906 22 454 233 5 687 5
1907 49 986 9 625 8 1,612 5
1908 38 715 3 464 8 1,179 11
1909 31 653 5 336 9 990 2
1910 35 765 819 1,584
1911 15 345 5 271 11 617 4
1912 13 • 328 8 188 10 517 6
1913 16 526 350 876
1914 15 262 5 146 2 408 7
1915 25 451 9 145 10 597 7
1916 19 374 3 254 2 628 5
1917 12 225 5 172 5 397 10
1918 6 116 102 9 218 9
1919 10 168 4 202 310 4
1,070 24,766 11 30,401 9 54,868 8
Total, 54,868 feet, 8 inches=10 miles, 2,063 feet.
The service pipes are cast iron, lead and galvanized iron
from 3-4 inch to 4 inches.
12
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
SYNOPSIS OF THE PUMPING RECORD FOR THE YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1919
Total
Average
1919
Total
number gallons
number gals.
pumping time
of water pumped
water pumped
per month
per month
per day
Month
Hrs.Min.
Gallons
Gallons
January
167
8,976,825
289,575
February
150
45
7,932,975
283,321
March
157
30
8,154,975
263,064
April
159
35
8,270,050
275,668
May
174
5
9,146,850
295,059
June
226
12,068,100
402,270
July
252
30
13,262,475
427,821
August
226
12,195,300
393.397
September
213
15
11,578,275
385,942
October
213
11,444,325
369,171
November
159
30
8,360,100
278,670
December
223
45
11,796,975
380,548
Total for year
2322
55
123,187,225
Daily av. for year
337,499
Estimated amount of coal used during the year, 177
tons, 898 pounds.
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT 13
METERS
Total number of meters in use as follows:
NAME
Sizes
3 in.
2 in.
iy 2
in.
lin-
% in.
Totals
Crown
4
8
4
5
42
63
Empire
1
57
58
Hersey
3
34
37
Lambert
2
2
21
25
Niagara
1
69
70
Nash
6
213
219
Worthington
2
11
13
Columbia
2
2
Elevator
2
2
10 5 19 451 489
14 WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
Treasurer's Report*
WATER DEPARTMENT, TOWN OF IPSWICH
WILLIAM J. RILEY,
TREASURER
DR r
To cash on hand, January, 1919
$2520 45
To amounts received:
Fixture rates
6475 55
Meter rates
8030 56
Miscellaneous
549 56
Insurance dividend
45 00
Construction
19 70
Service Pipe Supplies
33 55
Hydrant Appropriation
2237 50
$19911 87
DEFICIT
658 21
$20570 08
CR.
By paid:
Commissioners ' orders
$12653 08
Interest
7917 00
$20570 08
The treasurer has the following bills for collection
Fixture rates $1365 36
Meter rates 860 01
Little Neck 312 00
Miscellaneous 131 11
$2668 48
Meter commitment December 31, 1919 2554 53
$5223 01
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT 17
Electric Light Department.
CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES.
The following bills have been paid for construction dur-
ing the year 1919.
Paid to Amount
C J Dupray, labor
$398 39
! II Sheppard, labor
272 46
A D Mallard, labor
254 70
Charles Strout, labor
88 20
Edward Brooks, labor
98 00
Henry Lavoie, labor
101 20
Leslie Dupray, labor
207 60
Fred Davis, labor
28 00
•Tohn Singer, labor
18 95
Ipswich Millr, labor
13 50
Pettingell Andrews, supplies
4086 11
\ more Savage Co, supplies
1696 11
J W Goodhue, supplies
10 50
Geo L Buckminster Co, supplies
63 25
J ! Merrill, supplies
30 74
F E Wood, teaming
74 89
Edmund Wile, teaming
78 75
B & M R R, freight
320 00
American Express, express
5 87
Peoples Express, express
2 84
18
MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
Paid 'to
Amount
N E T & T Co, telephone '
Wetmore Savage Co, transform*
E L Blaisdell, 1 rmers
era! Electric ipplies
•1 -J Merrill, supplies
Stuarl Howla pplies
30 01
401 20
2 25
785 55
358 90
64 80
DR.
VSTRIVTION ACCOUNT
$9492 77
CR.
To balance, 1918 $2930 28 By bills paid
To Depreciation appro. 3150 00 By balance
To sale of note 6000 00
To cash.. Private en. 166 30
si 224<
$9642 77
2603 81
$12246 58
COST OF CONSTRUCTION
Dec. 31, '1- Year 1919 Total
t of Real Estate $ 8117 19 $ 8117 19
Cost of Steam Plant 16431 1- 16431 18
Cost of Electric Lines 75730 77 $9642 77 85373 54
Cost of Electric Plant 10008 54 10008 5 4
$110287 68 $9642 77 $119930 45
NOTES AND INTEREST
Interest paid 1919 by Treasurer
Notes paid 1919 by Treasurer
$2284 00
3550 00
DR.
NOTE INDEBTEDNESS
CR.
To notes outstanding By notes paid 1919 $3550 00
Jan. 1,1919 $57500 00 By bal. outstand-
To note authorized in£ Jan. 1, 19 59950 00
in 1919 6000 00
$63500 00
$63500 00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
19
Manager's Report*
To the W after and Municipal Lighting Commission.
Gentlemen :
I submit the following report of the receipts and ex-
penses of the Lighting Plain for the year 1919.
MAINTENANCE
Paid to
Labor
Edmund Russell, engin
F W Fiske, engineer
irge E Brown, engineer
Everett Guilford, fireman
George L Fall, fireman
E 01 instead, fireman
R B Piekard, fireman
Fred C Rust, fireman
Wm P Edgerly, fireman
C J Dupray, electrician
J H Sheppard, electrician
Total
Fuel
B & M R R, coal
John A Brown, coal
Atkinson Coal Co. coal
Rees Jenkins, coal
W W "Walton, trimming coal
Geo B Courtis, teaming coal
Chas L Lovell, coal
Felix Wegzyn, teaming coal
James Sheppard, teaming coal
Amount
$1545 82
1024 32
1479
27
196
00
1326
90
959
93
1151
52
1158
27
1048
18
937
27
878
62
$11706 10
$5429 39
153
15
4783
83
259
78
109
68
691
70
68
59
49
36
30 28
$11575
76
20
MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
Paid to
Amount
Miscellaneous
G A Schofield, insurance $666 87
Cotton & Woolen Mfg Ins Co, insurance 100 00
G A Schofield Jr, insurance 12 60
Damon & Damon, insurance 452 04
N -J Bolles, repairs steam plant 2 44
Ames Iron Works, repairs steam plant 24 90
G W Knowlton Rubber Co, repairs steam plant 10 32
United States Rubber Co, repairs steam plant 3 99
Garlock Packing Co, repairs steam plant 2 47
C F Chapman & Son, repairs steam plant 1 90
G P Anderson, repairs electric plant 7 00
C F Chapman & Son, repairs electric plant 11 20
General Electric Co, repairs electric plant 3 32
X J Bolles, repairs electric plant 1 40
C S Tyler, repairs electric plant 10 71
General Electric Co, repairs electric plant 3 92
J J Merrill, repairs' electric plant 38 18
G W Knowlton Rubber Co, repairs electric plant 9 10
John McLaughlin, repairs lines 20 00
Daniel Maguire, repairs lines 20 00
C F Chapman & Son, repairs lines 19 11
J W Goodhue, repairs lines 25 47
A C Damon, repairs lines 55
American Express, repairs lines 3 52
George Hayes, repairs lines 90
F E Wood, repairs lines 10 97
X E T & T Co, repairs lines 21 41
Jos A King, repairs lines 14 25
A H Walton, repairs lines 19 75
J J Merrill, repairs lines 34 62
A D Mallard, repairs lines 26 84
Orrin Leno, repairs lines 9 80
Albert Sheppard, repairs lines 2 64
Wm G Horton, repairs lines 2 18
J W Goodhue, station supplies 10 75
George Hayes, station supplies 5 00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT 21
Paid to Amount
Wetmore Savage Co, station supplies ] 1 55
A G Osborne, oil & waste 784 20
F E Wood, oil & waste 29 80
C F Cnapman & Son, oil & waste 2 40
E E Currier, auto supplies & repairs 72 90
Mayer & Porter, auto supplies & repairs 159 74
Hammett Street Garage, auto supplies & repairs 90 83
A J Brennan, auto supplies & repairs 1 67
Almy Bigelow Washburn, auto supplies & repairs 70 48
Ipswich Mills, auto supplies & repairs 9 25
R W Davis, auto supplies & repairs 23 68
C J Dupray, auto supplies & repairs 3 00
Wetmore Savage Co, auto supplies & repairs 215 04
Jos A King, auto supplies & repairs 3 55
Wilsons Garage, auto supplies & repairs 2 80
W O Conant, auto supplies & repairs 7 50
Mass Highway Com, auto supplies & repairs 2 00.
J H Lakeman, postage 92 53
NBT&TCo, telephone 34 96
G A Schofield & Son, printing 123 00
A C Damon, supplies 1 70
Brown Howland, supplies 69 78
Mun Lighting Asso, dues 10 00
Hobbs Warren, supplies 33 30
C S Garrette, supplies 3 03
Peoples Express Co, supplies 37
Treasurer Town of Ipswich, typewriter 35 00
John Tupper, supplies 10 40
Pettingell Andrews, supplies ■ 8 97
Wetmore Savage Co, supplies 5 20
C J Dupray, supplies 5 00
F E Wood, teaming 3 23
Miley Soap Co, supplies 24 50
C S Tyler, supplies 9 73
Geo E Marsh Co, supplies 15 07
Com of Mass, assessment 16 59
A H Walton, manager & clerk 650 00
00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
Paid to
Amount
A A Jevrett, bookkeeper
A H Walton, commissioner
Win H Rand, commissioner
Walter G Brown, commissioner
' J IT \Y Hayes, commissioner
324 00
100
00
100
00
80
55
19 45
$4876 87
Note Payment
.Votes paid by Treasurer
$3550 00
Interest
Interest paid various parties by Treasurer
$2284 00
Jobbing Department
C J Dupray, labor
J H Sheppard, labor
Wetmore Savage Co, supplies
Pettingell Andrews Co, supplies
American Express, express
J J Merrill, supplies
$
8 75
9 42
21 32
10 31
31
25 83
$75 94
MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT 23
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DR. MAINTENANCE CR.
To bal Jan 1, 19194 5297 46 By bills paid 1919 $28008 73
To sale of current 26238 74 Less old bills due
To sale steam power 3000 00 Jan 1, 1919 116r; 62
To insurance div 90 00 Coal on hand 21 37 00
To miscellaneous 88 48 Bv bal in favor of
To rent of poles due 200 80 Dept Jan 1, 1920 9665 68
To amt due for light 4085 27
To amt rec for coal 298 28
To coal on hand 1676 00
$40975 03 $40975 03
DR. JOBBING DEPARTMENT CR,
To bal profits to
Jan 1, 1919 $3493 64
To cash for labor
& material 78 77
To bills due 18- 31
By bills paid 1919 $ 75 94
By old bills due
Jan 1, 1919 74 36
By bal in favor of
dept Jan 1, 1920 3440 42
$3590 72
$3590 72
MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
Treasurer's Statement*
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
TOAVX OF IPSWICB
WILLIAM J. RILEY, TREASURER
DR.
To amounts received:
ial Light
$20928 48
Town Buildings
872 96
Jobbing
11 54
er
5496 37
Mi cellaneou*
730 22
■iation appropriation
3150 00
Xote appropriation
3550 00
Interest appropriation
2284 00
:e Street light appropriation
1921 00
Xote Issue
6000 00
$44944 57
•
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CR.
By paid :
Orders
$37727 44
Xotes
3550 00
Interest
2284 00
«
$43561 44
Balance, January 1919 $1383 13
The Treasurer has the following bills for collection :
Commercial Light $ 491 18
Miscellaneous 18 31
$509 49
Commitment, Dec. 31, 1919 $3594 09
Rent of poles 200 80
3794 89
$4304 38
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26 MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
Managers Report*
This year I would recommend the Town appropriate
$10707.00 for street lights, the same amount paid per lamp
as last year. From this amount will be charged interest,
note and depreciation, the balance to be charged to manu-
facturing account.
The following tables show the number of services and
also the amount of sales each year since the start.
Year No.
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
Sale of Current
Services
and Power
69
$ 3605 53
105
7076 77
131
8330 68
170
7462 43
195
9010 34
218
9178 64
269
10594 48
323
12159 42
362
14557 45
435
16131 80
477
17380 33
521
19559 41
591
19497 04
652
21975 77
648
23859 75
700
29238 74
MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT 27
Our contract with the Town of Rowley expires July
next, if the Town continues supplying them with their cur-
rent and the load increases this year as it did last year the
Town should take some action either to enlarge our plant
or buy current. As we have nearly reached our maximum
load for our large engine, whether we generate or buy I
think the time has come when something should be done to
increase our capacity. If the Town this year decides to
make a change in their plant, the question of cost will come
upon the taxpayer, which should be carefully considered. I
believe the cost of buying current would be far less than
to generate to receive the same results and I would recom-
mend as I did last year to buy current, providing the price
is right.
ARTHUR H. WALTON, Manager.
28 MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
Commissioners' Report*
To the Citizens of Ipswich :
The Municipal Water and Light Commission submit
their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1919.
Water Department
The expenditures for the year 1920 are estimated to be
as follows :
For Interest Payment $7831 00
For Sinking Fund 4994 53
For General Expenses 7000 00
For Hvdrant Service 2237 50
Total $22063 03
The Board recommends that the amount for hydrant
service be raised and appropriated from the tax levy, and
the balance be taken from the earnings of the Water De-
partment.
Electric Light Department
We would recommend the Town raise and appropriate
for street lights the same amount per lamp as last year
making
786—40 watt lamps at $12.00 $9432 00
17—300 watt lamps at 75.00 1275 00
Total $10707 00
From this amount wall be charged Interest $2442.00,
MUNICIPAL LIGHT RE PORT 29
note $4050.00 and depreciation $3300.00.
We would recommend no appropriation be made to the
Electric Light Department for the Town buildings, as the
various departments include in their budgets recommenda-
tions for the same.
If the Town enters into another contract with the Town
of Rowley which expires July next, and our load continues
to grow as it has the last year, we believe the Town should
take some action to enlarge our plant or buy current as our
peak load has nearly reached the maximum of our large
engine.
We would recommend the Town take some action to in-
crease our capacity.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR H. WALTON,
W. H. RAND.
30 Ml'XICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT.
This is to certify that I have examined the books and
accounts of the Water and Electric Light Department, and
of the Treasurer of the Sinking Fund and find them cor-
rect.
FREDERICK S. WITHAM, Auditor.
Ipswich, Jan. 26, 1920.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Ipswich
FOR THE YEAR 1919.
Charles G. Hull, Printer:
8 Cogswell Street, Ipswich, Mass.
1920.
#* "'"HI m ,„|llllllHI»l |IIIIIIK % '
V mi' 111 * " milium/
ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Chairman Herbert W. Mason
Finance and Budget
Herbert W. Mason and William J. Riley
Text Books and Teachers
Herbert W. Mason and Dr\ G. E. MacArthur
Supplies, Buildings and Grounds
Luther Wait and Charles H. Galligan
School Physician Dr. George E. MacArthur
School Nurse Martha J. Stewart
Attendance Officer George W. Tozer
Clerk of the Board George W. Tozer
Superintendent and Purchasing Agent
Joseph I. Horton
Office Manning School Building
Office Hours School Days from 3.30 to 5.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Expenditures.
Appropriation for 1919
Balance from 1918
General Expenses
Salaries:
Day Schools
Evening School
Text Books and Supplies
Transportation
Janitors' Service
*Fuel and Light
Building and Grounds
Furniture and Furnishings
Insurance
Diplomas and Graduating Exercises
Tuition
Miscellaneous
Unpaid Bills
Delayed Bills
Unexpended Balance
$ 4081 65
30426 15
508 00
4696 50
2360 32
2660 99
1781 44
1475 01
124 20
274 00
74 05
75 60
86 53
88 23
551 78
176 73
$49000 00
441 18
$49441 18 $49441 18
*The item for fuel should be increased by $566.53, as the
balance of the coal order was not delivered until January 6th,
1920.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of the Town of Ipswich: —
In submitting its annual
report the School Committee desires to express its appreciation
of the fact that our schools have been enabled to continue their
work throughout the year with little or no interruption. There
have been, of course, some minor hindrances to steady progress,
but on the whole the year has been exceptionally free from
epidemics and those other misfortunes that work so disastrously
against the maintenance of up-to-date standards of scholar-
ship.
We have been fortunate, too, in retaining the services of
most of our teachers throughout the entire year. Fewer changes
have been made thus far this year than for sometime past.
This has been a distinct advantage to our schools and was se-
cured only by increasing salaries to the level of those paid
in other places of the same population and wealth. And this,
we feel, must become the settled policy of the Town if we are
to retain our best teachers.
The call to service withdrew a large number of our male
teachers who will not return to educational fields until the com-
pensation for teaching is more nearly on a parity with that
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
received from industrial lines. The same is also true of wom-
en teachers who, for the time being, have left the calling for
other kinds of work that are more remunerative.
But whether any of these ever return to the profession of
teaching or not, it is only fair and just to the faithful few that
our appreciation of their loyalty be shown by sufficient salaries
to enable them not only to meet the higher cost of living, but
also to maintain respect for their calling and to save something
for old age.
This is not a matter of sentiment. It is a simple economic
problem of supply and demand, and at present the demand
vastly exceeds the supply.
We trust that the citizens of our town will concur in this
view of the situation and grant us the increase for salaries as
apportioned in our budget.
We wish to call your attention to that part of the special
report dealing with the physical condition of our school chil-
dren. This is certainly a bad showing and should arouse us to
some action tending to a decided and permanent improve-
ment. Physical exercise is doing something along this line, but it
cannot do everything. The daily program of the lives of our
school children needs to be revised at once. Parents should
give careful and intelligent consideration to this matter if they
wish their boys and girls to develop into strong and sturdy men
and women, of a type able to render efficient service and to en-
dure the strain of present-day requirements.
Your Committee is in full accord with the Superintendent
in reference to the exploitation of our school children. This
matter has been carried too far for the intellectual, physical and
moral well-being of our pupils, and we hope to see a reason-
able curtailment in those activities which depend too much for
their successful accomplishment upon the pupils of our schools.
The sanitary arrangements at the Payne and Cogswell
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Schools still remain in their out-of-date and primitive condition.
It is unnecessary to repeat any arguments as to the desirability
of making changes here. The cost of material and of labor has
been prohibitive, and we have not recently urged the settlement
of this question so much as its real importance demands.
But as prices are in a fair way to remain at this level for
some time to come and complaints have been frequent, we feel
the necessity of putting the proposition squarely before you.
We therefore ask for a special appropriation of two thousand
($2000.) dollars that the toilet arrangements of these schools
may be put into sanitary and reasonably modern condition.
We renew our recommendations of last year in reference
to straightening the back line of the Manning and Winthrop
School grounds and if possible to secure a right of way to Man-
ning Street.
The Superintendent's report will contain abstracts from two
very important school laws passed by our Legislature during
the session of 1918 and 1919. One of those has reference to
the amount of money returned by the State to the Town each
year on condition that teachers' salaries be raised to certain
specified limits fixed by law. The other compels the establish-
ment of special school privileges for delinquents.
As both these laws have a direct and special bearing upon
school appropriations you are most strongly urged to give them
your careful consideration.
We are much pleased to note that more and more of our
,High School pupils are contemplating going to college each
succeeding year. This would seem to indicate a growing
thoughtfulness on the part of our pupils in reference to their life
work and a determination to lay a good foundation for usefulness
later on. We cannot too strongly urge this matter to the attention of
more of our pupils. Such a course not only brings advantages
to the students themselves, but it adds very materially to the
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
good name of the school and of the town. A well-trained mind
and a sound body, added to frugal and industrious habits, are
a sufficient guaranty for a useful and successful life.
Your Committee desires to make our schools of the largest
possible advantage to all concerned, but we wish to impress
most forcibly upon the minds of our youth that education alone
is not sufficient. It must be accompanied by the spirit of per-
sonal effort and endeavor, by an enlightened vision and a sin-
cere desire to supply world needs. Then our schools will be
fulfilling their mission and be giving to the community just
what every tax-payer has a right to expect and demand — a good
citizen.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT W. MASON, Chairman
HOWARD N. DOUGHTY
LUTHER WAIT
DR. GEORGE E. MACARTHUR
CHARLES H. GALLIGAN
WILLIAM J. RILEY
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of the Town of Ipswich, Mass.,
Gentlemen: —
I herewith submit for your consideration the
following report of the condition of the schools under your
charge, together with such recommendations as in my judgment
are most necessary for their further progress and usefulness.
This is the eighteenth report from the office of the School Su-
perintendent of the town and the fourth of my incumbency.
Did time and space permit, it might be profitable to make some
extended review of conditions as they were at the beginning of
this period, and as they are today. Suffice it to say that our
school population has shown a steady increase during this time
and is today more than ten per cent, above what it was four
years ago.
On the whole, our teachers have shown a commendable
zeal; and, notwithstanding the many annoyances and interfer-
ence by outside agencies, our schools have maintained a steady
advance. That there have been no epidemics nor long periods
of sickness in which a considerable number of pupils was in-
volved, must be considered as extremely fortunate; and had it
not been for the large number of truancy cases, our percentage
of attendance would have made a very satisfactory showing. As
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it is, our attendance compares favorably with that of previous
years, but it might have been better.
Since the beginning of the year, special emphasis has been
placed upon the subject of reading in the lower grades. The
results are most gratifying. The teachers of the grades have
visited the best schools in Boston, Lynn, Salem, Beverly, and
Lawrence, for the purpose of observing the methods and prac-
tices of the very best special teachers in this line of work. We
cannot speak too highly of the assistance given our teachers by
Miss Niland of the Hancock School of Boston, Miss Kenneally
of the Upham School of Salem, and Miss Churchill of the Oliver
School of Lawrence. These teachers have obtamed astonishing
results with their pupils; and, for the honor of their noble cal-
ling, let me say that they have been as generous and open-
handed with their advice and timely suggestions as one could
even wish.
Our own teachers have imbibed not a little of the enthu-
siasm and earnestness of purpose so evident in those schools,
and the results obtained here in our own schools have been
most encouraging to both teacher and pupil alike. The amount
of reading that will be accomplished in the primary grades this
year will be double, and in some cases treble, that of former
years.
When we consider that a great many of these little folks
knew absolutely nothing of English when they entered school
in September and that they have already completed their third
and fourth elementary readers, we may well say that these pri-
mary schools are the crown and glory of our common school
system. They are the greatest good to the largest num-
ber, the foundation upon which all after work is to be built-
Failure here means failure all along the line; success here, if per-
sistently followed, assures a splendid superstructure, of which
the whole world may well be proud. I have always contended
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that these schools are of the utmost importance and should have
the best teachers, and observation and experience would seem
to bear me out in the contention.
I have persistently urged our teachers to pay closer atten-
tion to the position of the pupils while the latter are engaged in
all kinds of written work. The supervised drill of the writing
lesson is not sufficient to carry over and hold the pupil to the
correct position in other written exercises. In other words, the
drill in movement and position is not sustained long enough in
the writing lesson to insure correct position and movement in
the written work of arithmetic or language, for instance. The
closest attention and the most exacting supervision must be
continued from one exercise to another, from day to day, and
from grade to grade, until correct position and movement have
crystallized into established habit. This system is followed by
some of our teachers with most gratifying results, and their pu-
pils have been awarded certificates of penmanship. But there
should be more teachers and more pupils doing this same kind
of honest work. Lack of progress and actual deterioration are
too much in evidence; and I shall offer, under the heading of
salaries, some few suggestions which I hope may tend to im-
provement. A good handwriting is too valuable an asset to be
overlooked in our schools, and we must make all reasonable ef-
forts to secure the same for each and all of our pupils.
Oral composition has been receiving an increasing share of
attention in our schools during the past year. Instead of requir-
ing the pupil to write about some subject with which perhaps
he is not very familiar, we simply ask him to tell about his own
experiences in his own way. He thus acquires the habit of cor-
rect expression by using his mother tongue. Instead of memor-
izing correct forms of expression, he habituates them. The cor-
rections by the teacher apply to all his recitations, and thus his
language lesson becomes a continnous performance, with ob-
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vious benefits to the whole class. This method begets a desire
to excel, gives confidence, develops courtesy and leadership, and
will ultimately make of our boys and girls more forceful and
useful citizens. The work in this branch of our endeavor has
been highly satisfactory in most of the rooms.
Music played an important part in the war; and even after
its close our school children were requisitioned for so many pa-
geants and drives and celebrations that a good part of their
time was necessarily devoted to singing the popular music of
the day. And their work was well done, as many who heard
them can testify.
With the return of peace, our musical director has, during
the past year, devoted more of his energies to musical notation
and part singing in the grades and has, at the same time, brought
out a fine chorus from the student body of our high school.
I am pleased to note the interest in chorus work of an in-
creasing number of our high school boys — an indisputable evi-
dence of a growing music appreciation in our schools — the end
and aim of all musical instruction.
An operatic performance is shortly to be given by our High
School Chorus, and we predict that all who attend will be
pleased and gratified with the results of our work in music.
For a further statement of plan and progress of this work,
you are referred to the report of the supervisor to be found on
another page of this report.
A cabinet of stereopticon slides has been added to our
equipment. These are to be used by all the schools as an
effective supplement to the work of the teachers, and to visual-
ize and drive home the instruction gained from the text book.
It is said that seven-eighths of all our information comes through
the gate of the eye, and we feel assured that both the quantity
and the quality of our instruction will be greatly increased by
this acquisition. But its scope will not be confined to the rou-
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tine work of the schools. It can be used to illustrate topics of
local and national interest and to assist very materially in mak-
ing our schools important community centers, where all can
learn with least effort what is being done in the world about
them.
Best of all, by its compelling interest it will secure the co-
operation of the pupils themselves. In connection with our
oral language work, the pupils will take a new interest and a
greater pride in their work, as all will wish and will be required
to have a part in these illustrated "lectures" or "talks."
A beginning has just been made in this line of work; but
the results, meager though they may be, fully justify our predic-
tions, We regret that the Burley School lacks the necessary
electrical connections to allow the use of the lantern in that im-
portant group of schools. This can be remedied, we under-
stand, at a very small expense. If so, it should be done at
once.
Last July Miss Blaisdell, the former drawing teacher, left us
to accept a position in the Newburyport High School. Her
work there is confined entirely to the High School. It is her
home town, and the salary is larger than we have been paying
in Ipswich. Against such powerful factors there was but one
course to follow, viz: surrender — gracefully, if possible — but
surrender. Miss Blaisdell was an excellent teacher. She knew
her subject thoroughly, had a plan in her work and she followed
it with a fidelity and persistence that was unusual. She was a
good disciplinarian. The pupils knew what was expected of
them, and it was generally ready for delivery upon demand.
She got more work and better work from the schools individ-
ually and as a whole than any of her predecessors have been
able to obtain. The work in drawing attracted a large share of
attention at the School Exhibition last June. We were indeed
14 IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
very sorry to lose Miss Blaisdell, for we felt that our schools
sustained a great loss by her going.
On the suggestion of Mr. McCann, the union superintend-
ent of Georgetown and Rowley, we were induced to interview
Miss Anna Nason who was doing good work in the schools un-
der his jurisdiction, and she was persuaded to come to us on a
part time basis. Miss Nason is with us the first three days of
each week and is doing excellent work. She has endeared
herself to teachers and pupils alike, and the harmonious rela-
tions existing between them and every phase of school work is
most gratifying. We esteem ourselves as fortunate in securing
the services and the personality of so worthy a successor to
Miss Blaisdell, and bespeak for her a year, at least, full of
good works.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT.
John Ruskin's advice to girls, sound and sensible at all
times, should appeal to us with a new force and suggestiveness
in these times of excessive prices. Let me quote a few lines as
an introduction to a report on our Domestic Science Depart-
ment:
"Resolve to do every day some work that is useful. Learn
first the economy of the kitchen: the good and the bad quality
of every common article of food and the simplest and best
mode of its preparation. When you have time, help in cooking
and learn how to make everything as nice as possible. Learn
the sound qualities of all useful stuffs, and make everything of
the best you can get. Every day, some little piece of useful
clothing sew with your own fingers as strongly as it can be
stitched, and embroider it or otherwise beautify it moderately
with fine needlework, such as^a girl may be proud of having
done."
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I hope to see the day when every girl will be compelled
by law to take this course. The supervisor's report may be
found farther on in this report.
MANUAL TRAINING.
We are extremely fortunate in retaining Mr. Arthur W.
Gould as supervisor of Manual Training. He is a skilled me-
chanic; economical in the use of material; works on a well-
thought-out plan; willing to work for and with his pupils in sea-
son and out; a good disciplinarian; absolutely fair in his treat-
ment of special cases; and, best of all, exacts from every boy
the full amount of work, well done, that is assigned to him day
by day.
There is no loafing in this department. Every boy is re-
quired to do his best, and every completed article or piece of
work bears evidence to the painstaking care given to that work.
The boys are taught not only the uses cf the different tools, but
they are taught how to use them and to use them properly.
Most of the pupils enjoy the work and take special pride in
their efforts. I consider our pupils unusually fortunate in the
opportunities which this department affords.
PERCENTAGE OF UNDER-WEIGHT PUPILS IN
VARIOUS SCHOOLS.
Last December I requested the school nurse to give me a
percentage list of the under-weight pupils in each of our schools.
The following list is just as it came from her hand; and, 1 must
confess, that the showing staggered me. I make no comment.
The figures are eloquent enough to tell their own story, and
they should be significant enough to demand our most serious
consideration.
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
An account of the work of the school nurse will be found
in another part of this report.
PERCENTAGE OF UNDER-WEIGHTS LISTED BY
SCHOOLS.
High School.
Freshman 33.9 per cent. Juniors
Sophomores 30.77 per cent. Seniors
22.33 per cent.
39. 1 2 per cent.
Winthrop School.
Grade VIII,,
Class 4
«» <«
« 3
" VII.,
44 2
" i
VI,
i
Miss Anderson
«« «(
Mrs. Fisher
V.
Miss Willcomb
«• «<
Miss Ladd
" IV,
Miss Bell
Burley Scho<
Grade V.,
38.46 per cent. Grade
" IV,
22.50 " "
Portable School
Grade I.,
Miss Archer
" L.
Miss Stanford
Payne School.
Grade II
L, Miss Bowlen
" I. and 11
., Miss Trussell
III.,
II..
59. per cent.
52.
55.55
40.54
39.13
36.58
50.
39.53
36.58
34.2 1 per cent
46.51 " "
41.18 per cent.
42.86 " M
26.47 per cent.
41.30 " "
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Dennison School.
Grade III., Miss Wade 36.1 1 per cent.
II., Miss Kimball 56.25 " "
I., " " 43.75 " "
Cogswell School.
Grade II., 37.1 3 per cent. Grade I., 4 1 .66 per cent.
Wainwright School.
Grade II., 41.18 per cent. Grade I., 38.46 per cent.
Candlewood School.
Grades I. to VI., 1 7.65 per cent.
Linebrook School.
Grades I. to VI., 5.26 per cent.
Whole number examined, 962. Average per cent, of un-
der-weight pupils, 38.14 per cent.
The rural schools make the best showing. The Linebrook
School had but one pupil that was under-weight.
SCHOOL EXHIBITION.
The annual exhibition of school work was held as usual
and the consensus of opinion is that, in respect to the quantity
and quality of the work displayed, it superseded all previous
exhibitions. The afternoon was devoted to viewing the samples
of work from the various schools, aud the physical exercises and
folk dances by the pupils of the first eight grades. In the eve-
ning a new feature was introduced, which proved of special in-
terest to those present. "Government Ownership of the Rail-
roads" furnished the subject of a debate given by pupils
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from the High School. The whole exercise was carried out in
a highly creditable manner and gave evidence of the careful
preparation made by the contestants. The attendance here, al-
so, shows a growing interest of the parents in the work of their
children.
FIELD DAY.
For the first time in the history of the Ipswich Schools,
Field Day exercises were held on the School Playgrounds, the
1 8th day of last June, from 2 to 4 p.m., and drew a large attend-
ance. This was simply an exhibition of the work in physical
training attempted daily in all our schools, and gave those who
witnessed the events a clearer idea of the educational value of
such training. The exercises consisted of competitive relay
races, setting up drills, folk dances, etc., etc. Some of our busi-
ness men acted as judges, and prizes were awarded for the
performance of both individuals and groups.
Not the least of its advantages is the fact that it brought to-
gether a far greater number of the friends of the schools than
could be assembled by any other educational device. It gave
them an opportunity to form a correct judgment of the kind of
discipline we are trying to maintain in our schools, and to form
for themselves some mental estimate of the work and worth of
each teacher as evidenced by the work of the individual clas-
ses.
The expense of putting the grounds into condition, paying
for the services of the band, etc., was almost wholly met by the
receipts from the sale of cake, candy and ice cream. To Mrs.
Harry K. Damon and Mrs. M. C. McGinley, who had full charge
of this part of the program, and to their corps of able assistants,
our thanks are especially due. Upon their energy and good
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business sense the success of the enterprise depended in largest
measure.
RURAL SCHOOLS.
There has been but one change in teachers of these schools
this year. Miss Archer was transferred from the Linebrook
School to the first grade in the Portable School, and Miss Ruth
Joyce was placed in charge at Linebrook. Miss Cunningham
and Miss Jewett retain their old position at Candlewood and
Grape Island.
The same activities have been carried on in these schools
as in preceding years. They have the privilege of the Public
Library, and are visited regularly by the different supervisors.
With the exception of the Manual Training, they enjoy all the
advantages of the larger schools in the central part of the
town.
With the same type of instruction and supervision, I see no
reason why the work of these schools should not compare fa-
vorably with that of the graded schools. As a matter of fact,
these schools do as well or better. The attendance is fully as
good; the conditions of child growth much more favorable; the
distractions from real school work fewer by far.
The rural schools outside the State are coming into their
own again and are receiving more consideration from school
authorities. This we believe to be a step in the right direction,
all things considered; and we would not hesitate to recommend
the establishment of two more within our borders were the
school population in these districts a little larger.
NIGHT SCHOOL.
The night school has been continued as usual with dimin-
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ishing numbers each succeeding year. Every inducement is
offered to the young people of the town to improve these edu-
cational opportunities, but the response has been somewhat
disappointing.
We have used every advertising device with which we are
familiar, and have supplemented these with the direct personal
appeal, but all to no effect. It would seem that our young peo-
ple are absolutely indifferent to such appeals; that they lack
vision as well as appreciation, and have no desire to improve
their present condition nor to advance themselves to a higher
intellectual and social plane. The conclusion is forced upon
us, repugnant as it may seem to all right-minded people, that
where the element of legal compulsion is lacking, favorable re-
sults are not to be expected in night school attendance. There
have been, and still are, some few exceptions to this general
rule, but the native born furnish no part of these exceptions.
There are on file in this office something over six hundred
labor certificates issued within the last few years. Over half of
these are for children between fourteen and sixteen years of
age. Under the old law, if a pupil had completed the work of
the fourth grade he could demand a certificate when he became
fourteen years of age, and it is in this class that too many of
these applicants are to be found. The new law requires the
completion of the work of the sixth grade which will be a dis-
tinct advantage; but even then these boys and girls need far
more educational training before they can have any adequate
knowledge of the duties and responsibilities of citizenship.
Night school or continuation school attendance should be
required by law of all pupils who leave school before the senior
year in the high school; and then, perhaps, we might say that
our schools had made America safe for democracy.
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 21
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Repairs during the past year or two have been limited to
such work as was actually necessary to prevent damage or loss.
Material in many instances could not be obtained at any price.
Stock ordered last September has not been received at this
writing.
This policy has forced upon us a large amount of necessary
work which cannot longer be postponed. Desks must be resur-
faced, walls and ceilings in many of the rooms must be tinted,
and the floors of the Manning Building need to be relaid in
order to save unnecessary expense later on. The trimmings of
the Burley School should be painted during the coming sum-
mer, and the Portable School should be put in thorough re-
pair.
Frequent complaints as to the unsanitary arrangements of
the Payne and Cogswell Schools have been made this year, and
we are of the opinion that this matter should have our imme-
diate attention if the town wishes to avoid expensive legal pro-
ceedings.
The line-fence running parallel to Manning Street has fallen
still further into decay and must be replaced by a new fence as
soon as men and material can be had at a reasonable price.
The grading of the grounds at the rear of the school buildings
on Central Street has not been completed as yet, and a few
more shrubs are needed in the central plot before this project
can be considered as finished. But these last can give place to
others that are more pressing, and which for strictly economical
reasons must receive prompt attention.
In this connection, it might be said that many of the black-
boards in the Manning School are hardly usable. Pupils can-
not do good work upon such broken surfaces. These should be
replaced by slate as soon as possible.
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SALARIES.
From the viewpoint of a Superintendent, the question of
salaries looms big and black on his horizon at the present time.
He fully realizes, on the one hand, that in the transition period
from an occupation to a profession teaching, or the calling itself,
has received but partial and tardy recognition, and the teacher
has been overlooked and too long neglected. Her claims are
just and should be generously met.
But, on the other handj he must sfncerely regret the evi-
dent tendency to the employment of propaganda and industrial
methods to secure an end which at best can be but temporary.
If the great body of school teachers wish to adopt the devices
of unskilled laborers, then they must accept that classification.
But let it be remembered that it was self-imposed and will in
the end defeat the attainment of that purpose for which so
many of our best educators haye struggled so long. Action and
re-action are equal. If teachers wish their salaries to be gov-
erned by the economic law of supply and demand, and to fluc-
tuate between the same wide extremes as labor and general com-
modities, then these propagandists are pursuing the right course.
But if they wish to secure for themselves a sure, foundation
for professional advancement; one that is not to be disturbed by
industrial conditions, nor shaken by political prejudices, then
let such foundations be laid in the confident esteem of the com-
mon people, and salaries will take care of themselves.
A few words from Dr. E. S. Evenden, who spent eight
months in collecting and "organizing material for his report, may
not be out of place here. This is what he says:
"Teachers must insist upon, adequate pay in order that the
work of education may meet its present-day obligations, but it
is no longer necessary to wage campaigns for increased salaries
solely upon the basis of sentiment or justice to an oppressed
iPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 23
class. The case can be presented on its merits, and where cam-
paigns have been vigorously made on the principle of educa-
ting the community on matters concerning the school to the
point that they are able to recognize needs, they have, almost
always been successful."
By this method the teacher secures the end sought, estab-
lishes herself in the community, and sets an example which
others would do well to follow.
It gives me no small degree of gratification to say that, with
a single exception, our salary adjustments have been made with
the individual. teachers, and I hope to their satisfaction.
Of course, it is understood that any further increase of sal-
ary is conditional upon the exceptionally good work of the indi-
vidual teacher. Effort and results should be the controlling
factor here as everywhere. The teacher who is doing poor
work in any subject— as writing, for instance — is not entitled to
consideration except for a reduction of both rank and salary.
The merit system is the logical one that should maintain here,
if we wish to be fair to teachers, pupils, and taxpayers.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Most of the changes recommended last year were held in
abeyance, as both labor and material were not obtainable.
These should be taken up as soon as conditions will permit, but no
extraordinary expenditures should be undertaken at present. Only
the most pressing, those that are forced upon us by necessity
and by law, are to be considered at the present level cf prices.
The law going into effect next September in reference to
special instruction for delinquent children will necessitate the
employment of an extra teacher for this class of pupils, and we
recommend another teacher for the backward pupils, of the
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Winthrop School, as that school is overcrowded at the present
time.
PENNY SAVINGS.
There has been a little falling off in the receipts from pen-
ny savings this year especially in the upper grades, which I hope
may be due simply to a temporary lack of enthusiasm. This is too
important a part of child training to be overlooked or neglected,
and we hope the parents will do all in their power to encourage
thrift. Not what we earn but what we save, gives us the found-
ation upon which to build. ,
The method of collection has been the same as in former
years. Mr. Tozer visits each room once a week and receives
from the teacher such sums as she has collected from the pupils.
Where the amount from a pupil is sufficient to buy a thrift stamp
or a war savings stamp, the pupil buys the stamp or stamps di-
rect from Mr. Tozer. When the individual prepares to take
out a new Savings Bank book or to make additions to one al-
ready in his possession, Mr. Tozer attends to the business for
the pupil.
Value of thrift stamps sold
Value of war stamps sold
Total
Number of New Bank books opened
This does not represent the total of savings by any means.
Many of the pupils have purchased both thrift and war savings
stamps from other sources, and of these we have no account.
Of course no account of the money deposited on old books is
attempted, as it would involve too much book-keeping.
Miss Annie P. Wade's school leads all other schools in the
amount of money saved during the year.
$ 221.00
1940.00
$2161.00
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 25
GENERAL.
I wish to call the attention of both parents and teachers to
a few things that militate decidedly against the best interests of
our schools. And first among them is the exploitation of our
school children by those well-meaning persons who do not stop
to consider the limits of child endurance. After every drive or
fair or other entertainment, the fatigue of 'the children is very
noticeable. Teachers complain that their children are inatten-
tive and give every indication of loss of sleep. Futhermore, it
would seem that everybody was trying to foist his pet project —
for which he is fully compensated — upon the school. This is
unfair to the teacher as well as to the child, and should not be
tolerated by the parents.
Unless these outside attractions are kept within reasonable
bounds, the progress of such pupils will be impeded to such an
extent that they will drop back in their grade and the work will
have to be repeated. If the schools could be left severely alone
and allowed to resume and continue their proper and legitimate
work, results would be more satisfactory and there would be
less cause for criticism. As it is at present, even the three R's
are in danger of being crowded out. A little more co-operation
between the parent and the teacher would help amazingly in
this matter, with a resulting gain in both health and scholarship,
and would tend to diminish that intermeddling by outside in-
terests.
We are receiving not a few complaints in reference to after-
school work. Let me say right here that if a pupil is required
to remain after school to make up work, it is proof positive that
he was not attentive in class or failed to prepare his lesson at
the proper time. In either case there is but one alternative; He
must make up his work after school or drop back into the grade
below. A little pressure brought to bear right here, often es-
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tablishes correct habits and saves a boy for larger usefulness.
We are continually striving to have the pupil abandon his plan-
ning to "get by" and to get the viewpoint of honest work. And
this idea cannot be too strongly enforced. The academic ac-
quirements which the pupil gets from the school will be of little
value either to himself or to society unless he puts this know-
ledge to some practical use. In fact, he must be made to realize
that the real function of the school is to furnish him with an
equipment for his life work; that the more of it he gets the more
useful he may become, and the greater his chances of success.
But along with this he should be impressed with the nobil-
ity of labor — real, honest, hard work. Parents wish their child-
ren to succeed in the world but are they equally as willing that
their children should work hard for success? The two things
must go together or the larger success can never come to them.
It is often said that education tends to laziness and inclines
its possessor to despise work. If this indictment is true then we
are working upon a false basis and our curricula need revision.
But it is not true. Education alone will not make a man either
good or great; but it can help him to become both. Let our
pupils understand that there is no "royal road" to an education,
that it means work, and that its value depends upon its use, and
they will have the right point of view. The worlds greatest
and most successful men have been the greatest workers and
the greatest seekers after knowledge, and let these be the ex-
amples for our sons and daughters to follow.
Some one has said:
"Life's master word is work. With this magic word in one's
heart, all things are possible. It is the touch-stone of progress,
and the key to success."
My reasons for emphasizing this feature of school life so
strongly is the fact that we have nearly a score of young people
started for college and we are desirous that they should perse-
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vere to the end. Any distraction at this stage of their progress
would result disastrously to their prospects, and turn them from
their purpose — something we wish to prevent if possible. If but
half of this number succeed in securing a college diploma it will
be the greatest honor that has come to our school for some time.
Not a few of our pupils are pursuing their studies in higher in-
stitutions of learning at the present time and this fact is exerting
no small influence upon our present student body. Let us strive
in every way to impress upon all our pupils that knowledge and
labor beget wisdom, and that true happiness is the offspring
of service.
In order that the citizens of our town may have a clearer
conception of the legal requirements that compel an increased
school appropriation, we are inserting an abstract of such laws
as have a direct bearing upon the matter:
GENERAL ACT.
[Chap. 363.]
An Act to Provide for the Distribution of a Portion of the In-
come Tax, and of the Income of the Massachusetts School
Fund, for the purpose of Improving the Public Schools.
<7}e it enacted, etc., as follows:
Part I.
Section 1 . The treasurer and receiver general shall, on or
before the fifteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and
nineteen, and annually thereafter, set aside from the proceeds of
the income tax a sum of money sufficient to provide for the pur-
poses of Part I of this act, and which shall be available therefor
without further appropriation by the general court.
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Section 2. The treasurer and receiver general shall, as
herein provided, distribute said sum on or before the fifteenth
day of November, nineteen hundred and nineteen and annually
thereafter, to the several cities and towns of the commonwealth
as reimbursement, in part, for expenditures for salaries of
teachers, supervisors, principals, assistant superintendents, and
superintendents of schools, for services rendered in the public
day schools during the year ending on the thirtieth day of June
next preceding.
Section 3. For each person employed for full-time service
for the entire school year as teacher, supervisor, principal, as-
sistant superintendent, or superintendent of schools, the city or
town shall be reimbursed as follows: —
(1) Two hundred dollars for every such person who has
received as salary not less than eight hundred and fifty dollars
and who is a graduate of an approved normal school or college
and has had at least two years teaching experience or who pos-
sesses preparation and teaching experience accepted in lieu
thereof.
(2) One hundred and fifty dollars for every such person,
not included in the foregoing classification, who has received as
salary not less than seven hundred and fifty dollars and (a) who
has satisfactorily completed one year of professional training in
an approved normal school or teachers* training school, and has
had at least three years of teaching experience; or (b) is a grad-
uate of an approved normal school or college, and has had at
least one year of teaching experience; or (c) who possesses prep-
aration and teaching experience accepted in lieu of either of the
foregoing requirements in this paragraph.
(3) One hundred dollars for every such person, not includ-
ed in either paragraphs (1) or (2), who has received as salary
not less than six hundred and fifty dollars.
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Section 4. For each teacher, supervisor, principal, assist-
ant superintendent, or superintendent of schools, employed for
less than full-time service for the school year, the city or town
shall be reimbursed such a fractional part of the corresponding
reimbursement for full-time service provided for in section three
of this act as that service bore to full-time service: provided,
however, that the person for whom the reimbursement is
claimed shall have met the corresponding requirements of cer-
tification, if any, specified in section three, and shall have re-
ceived as salary an amount not less than that fraction of the
corresponding salary for full-time service specified in section
three.
Section 8. The superintendent^ schools shall, under oath,
file with the commissioner of education, not later than the first
day of August, nineteen hundred and twenty, and of each year
thereafter, a statement containing such data as may be neces-
sary for the purposes of Part I of this act, upon blanks prepared
by the commissioner. Before filing the said statement the su-
perintendent of schools shall submit it to the chairman of the
school committee for examination and counter signature under
oath. The commissioner of education shall cause the said state-
ments to be examined and shall transmit them to the treasurer
and receiver general, together with a tabulation showing the
amount due to each city and town.
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GENERAL ACT.
[Chap. 277.]
An Act to Determine the Number of Children Retarded in Men-
tal Development and to Provide for Their Instruction.
{7}e it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 . The school committee of each city and town
shall, within one year after the passage of this act, and annually
thereafter, ascertain, under regulations prescribed by the board
of education and the director of the commission on mental dis-
eases, the number of children three years or more retarded in
mental development who are in attendance upon the public
schools of its city or town, or who are of school age and reside
therein.
Section 2. At the beginning of the school year of nineteen
hundred and twenty, the school committee of each city and
town in which there are ten or more children three years or
more so retarded shall establish special classes to give such
children instruction adapted to their mental attainments, under
regulations prescribed by the board of education. ] Approved
July 1, 1919.
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BUDGET.
Just what sum will be needed to meet our financial require-
ment this year is extremely uncertain. We feel that the peak
or prices has been reached, but the trend is still upwards; and
when this movement will stop, no one can tell. So we wish it
to be understood that, in submitting these figures, you are to
consider them as tentative rather than as fixed and absolute,
though they have been calculated upon the basis of the best
judgment of the School Board.
Budget.
General Expense
Teachers' Salaries
Text Books and Supplies
Tuition -
Transportation
Janitor Service
Fuel and Light
Buildings and Grounds
Furniture and Furnishings
Diplomas
Insurance
Miscellaneous
$
4125.
40500.
4100.
216.
2900.
3100.
4250.
3500.
400.
50.
300.
200.
$6364
The above footing represents the gross amount asked for at
the present time, and is to be red uced by the amount of return-
items of revenue from the sources indicated on the following
page. This, also, is an estimate; but, based on the data at hand
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
at the present time, it is approximately correct.
Returns.
From the State:
On salaries of 26 teac
.hers at $200.
$5200.
In (( «< <2
11 150.
450.
«• " " 4
" 100.
400.
'< H t( '-y
(part time)
200.
Minor State Wards
200.
Grape Island
160.
Tuition, Beverly Industrial School
216.
$6826.
$6826.
Town of Rowley:
Tuition of Pupils
$2400.
$2400.
Total
$9226.
Considering these totals as fairly representing our require-
ment, the account stands thus:
Gross
Receipts
Net
$63641.
9226.
$54415
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
We wish to make acknowledgment of the various gifts and
donations received by the schools during the year. First among
these are two valuable pictures from Mrs. F. B. Harrington
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of Argilla Road. The larger of these has been hung in the low-
er corridor and the other in one of the smaller recitation rooms,
where they add very much to the attractiveness of these posi-
tions. A few other gifts have been received with the request that
the names of the donors be withheld.
We wish to express our gratitude to Prof, and Mrs. Bailey;
to Mrs. Harland Burke and the Misses Bailey and Stanford and
all others who by their punctual attendance upon the Commun-
ity Chorus rehearsals assured the success of these gatherings.
Especially are our thanks due to Mrs. H. K. Damon and Mrs.
M. C. McGinley and their corps of able assistants for their splen-
did work in connection with our Field Day exercises.
Our thanks are due also to the Chief of Police and the indi-
vidual members of his department for their assistance given
the Attendance Officer in the discharge of his onerous duties;
to Mr. J. A. Huckins and his department for their continued inter-
est in and care for the school grounds; to the janitors for their loyal-
ty and the interest shown in their work; and to all those who have
contributed in any degree towards making our schools a strong-
er and more vital force in this community.
We have tried to think of every child as being great, at least
potentially, and we have striven to give to each and every one
of them, without distinction of "border or breed or birth," that
physical, mental and moral training that shall fit him for true
and wholesome living and for noble citizenship. To this end
we have employed the best teachers available and kept our
schools free from the taint of political influence.
Whatever advance or progress has been made in these di-
rections is due solely to the loyalty and co-operation of parents,
teachers and school officials, and to all these I extend my heart-
felt thanks.
JOSEPH I. HORTON,
Superintendent of Schools.
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You are requested to give your closest attention to the sub-
sidiary reports to be found on the following pages:
Principal of the Junior High School.
Head of Domestic Science Department.
Head of Manual Training Department.
Supervisor of Music.
Supervisor of Drawing.
Physical Instructor.
School Physician.
School Nurse.
Attendance Officer.
JOSEPH I. HORTON.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
To the Superintendent of Schools,
Ipswich, Mass.
Dear Sir: —
The report of the Junior High School for 1919 will
be very brief. Few changes have been made. The courses of
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study have remained the same as outlined in previous reports.
During the year the pupils have made steady progress in
their studies. There has been very little interruption this year
as far as illness of pupils may be concerned. Some of our
teachers, however, have been ill and we have had many sub-
stitute teachers.
Our Junior High School this year is very large. One hun-
dred and fifty-five pupils have, been enrolled this past term.
This number exceeds last year b3' forty-three. Our number
was greatly increased the first week of December when pupils
were promoted on trial from the sixth grades to the seventh
and from the seventh to the eighth grades. Most of these chil-
dren will be able to carry along the work of their new grade
with credit to themselves.
We have but one pupil taking Latin this year.
Much work has been done in physical training. During
the fall term when the weather permitted the girls have enjoyed
basket ball. While these girls were on the playground, others
were engaged in folk dancing or in the regular setting-up exer-
cises under the direction of their chosen captains. The boys,
also, have their captains who lead them in the setting-up exer-
cises. Many very good leaders have been found among our
pupils. Co-operation on the part of all has been excellent.
Those who attended our first Field Day last June will have ob-
tained a good idea of the work along this line.
Three subjects have had our especial attention this past
year — mental arithmetic, oral composition and penmanship.
The pupils have gained much power in mental arithmetic and
oral composition. There is yet a very great deal to be done*
The penmanship hasn't improved as much as we would like to
have it. Many of the pupils have not acquired a free arm move-
ment and the formation of their letters is far from good. With
more persistent effort on part of teachers and pupils a decided
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improvement is expected.
By visiting the annual school exhibition parents and friends
will be able to see a sample of the work done in every subject.
Much less has been done in club work this year. During
the summer twelve girls carried on the work of the State Can-
ning Club. An exhibition was held in the fall and prizes award-
ed for the three best exhibits. Two poultry clubs were organ-
ized — one for the spring laying contest and the other for the
winter contest. We also had a small pig club. One of the boys
of this club has recently received a cash prize from the State
for his good work. This last month a bread making club has
been formed. This club will be personally directed by one of
our Ipswich girls who is a student at the Essex Agricultural
School.
On December twenty-second the members of the junior high
school presented a "Forefathers'* entertainment in Manning Hall.
The program consisted of music, compositions, recitations,
dialogues and a drill. A wonderful school spirit was manifest-
ed by the pupils in the preparation of this entertainment. As
a result every child acquitted himself with credit. The presence
of many of the parents and friends of the pupils was very grat-
ifying. The preparation of a program of this nature necessi-
tates much work, both on the part of pupils and teachers, It
would have been much appreciated if each child had been en-
couraged by the presence of some member of his family.
In the early part of the year pupil government was tried in the
school. It proved very successful. In most cases pupils showed
good judgment in the selection of their officers, and on the
other hand the officers proved themselves able and efficient
managers. The offending pupils always received their punish-
ment in a friendly manner. This kind of discipline trained the
children to become more watchful of themselves and to be
more trustworthy and self-reliant.
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 37
During the coming year it should be the aim of every teach-
er to inculcate into the minds of their pupils that happiness con-
sists of feeling that they are a part of the great world plan and
that they must lend themselves to the full measure of their ca-
pacities each according to his abilities; that happiness consists
of knowing right from wrong and that character is the found-
ation of all success in life. Also teachers must cultivate a high
feeling of patriotic pride and enthusiasm for whatever concerns
the honor and the dignity of our country.
Respectfully submitted,
KATHARINE F. SULLIVAN
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
COOKING.
To the Superintendent of Schools,
Ipswich, Mass.
Dear Sir: —
The work in the cooking classes is planned to give
the girls a knowledge of food material and its preparation. The
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general classes of food are studied, their composition, use in
the body and various examples of food in each class are given.
This work gives the girls ideas about making menus. They be-
come interested in household tasks and are more helpful at
home.
In the fall of the year the townspeople sent in material to
be canned and preserved. In this way the girls gained a prac-
tical as well as a theorical knowledge of canning and preser-
ving and found a ready disposal of all materials. In many
cases the girls brought in their own fruit to be canned or made
into jelly and this added to their interest. The vegetables
canned were corn and tomatoes. All fall fruits were canned:
plums, pears, apples, peaches and quinces; and conserves, mar-
malades and jellies of various kinds were made. After the fruits
were gone pickling was taken up and practical work was done
along this line.
Next the girls prepared simple and nutritious dishes which
are suitable for breakfast. The recipes are chosen which are
cheap and yet furnish a high food value.
After this work dishes for luncheon and supper were made.
Several lessons were given up to the study of bread. This is a
very practical subject to take up but, owing to the shortness of
the cooking periods, it is a difficult one to plan.
The food materials which are used in the class are studied
with regard to their origin and preparation for market. The
course is not planned wholly on the meal basis system, for this
does not prove economical or practical. The food principles
and various ways of cooking have to be considered, and food
left from the day before must be used up, if the child is taught
economy.
Instruction in housekeeping is correlated with cooking.
Dish-washing, sweeping, cleaning, washing of dish towels is a
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lesson. The girls take turns being housekeepers and have
these special duties to perform.
One afternoon of each week after school hours the High
School girls are given instruction in cooking. The work is
along the same lines as that in the grades, but is somewhat more
advanced. The time is short, so that the actual cooking of
certain dishes which require much time has to be omitted.
All work done in this department is of a practical nature
and aims to make the girls neat, capable and economical house-
keepers.
Respectfully submitted,
MARION BROWN.
SEWING.
To the Superintendent of Schools,
Ipswich, Mass.
Dear Sir:—
The work in the Sewing Department is planned to
teach the girls the fundamental stitches and how to apply them
on simple garments. The girls are taught the use of commer-
cial patterns, the planning and cutting of material in the most
economical way. Comparison is made between home-made
and ready-made clothing with regard to durability and econ-
omy.
The work is begun in the fifth grade. The child learns the
stitches on a practice-piece and then applies them on the article
she is making. Bean bags or iron holders are made first, then
school bags or sewing bags. On these articles the child learns
all the plain stitches. Then she may make some simple gar-
ment that she needs. The need and capability of the child is
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always considered. Some girls, even in the fifth grade, have
helped with the sewing at home and are able to make quite dif-
ficult articles of clothing. They would lose interest if required
to make simple things, and so it is impossible to keep all the
class working on the same article. Two fifth grade girls are
now busy on simple dresses for themselves.
In the sixth grade one small article is made by hand. There
the child may use the sewing machine on the long seams of her
other garments. It takes much time and patience to learn to
stitch straight. Nightgowns, princess slips, bloomers, petticoats
and aprons of different kinds are made in this grade.
In the seventh grade the girls have but one half year of
sewing. They get more practice in the use of the machines
while making their cooking outfits which consist of an apron,
cap, towel and holder. This class has also done work sent in
by townspeople. Repair work and darning is taught, garments
being brought from home to be repaired.
In the eighth grade the work is more advanced. Various
articles of clothing are made including underwear, blouses, dres-
ses and skirts.
The High School girls have two periods a week of sewing.
I hey are able to sew with very little instruction and much of
their work is done at home. They are allowed to make any ar-
ticle of clothing that they need. In many cases they sew for others
in their family. They may do fancy work just before Christ-
mas and many of their Christmas presents are made in the sew-
ing room.
This year the girls in the Candlewood and Linebrook
schools have been given instruction in sewing. The class meets
every two weeks. They seem very interested in the work and
are doing very well for beginners. They have made bean bags
or iron holders and now are working on a simple undergarment
or apron.
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This course aims to teach the girls to make and repair their
own clothes. Many girls who find it hard to learn from books
are very clever with their hands.
Respectfully submitted,
MARION BROWN.
MUSIC.
To the Superintendent of Schools,
Ipswich, Mass.
Dear Sir: —
In accordance with your request, I am submitting a
report of the music department of the Ipswich Public Schools.
The methods employed and the books and course of study
in use at the present time are the same as last year.
The music in the grades and also in the High School is pro-
gressing most satisfactorily. Concerts were given by the Junior
High and also the Glee Club of the Senior High last year, and
the interest shown seemed to be rather more than in previous
years. The girls of the High School conducted a tag-day, for
the purpose of obtaining money to purchase a bronze tablet,
containing the names of the High School alumni who took part
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in the World War. As this did not net us enough to obtain the
tablet, the money received from the proceeds of the comic opera
Captain Crossbones" will be donated to this purpose also. May
I say just a word in regard to the opera?
Great credit should be give our High School pupils for at-
tempting such an elaborate production, as nothing of the kind
has ever before been presented by our boys and girls. With the
great amount of interest shown, it promises to be a success.
In closing, may I offer a few suggestions for the betterment
of the music in our schools.
1 That three periods a week be devoted to music in the
Junior High instead of two as at present.
2 That the music period be changed from the last period of
the day, to the first period in the morning, the only logical time
for music study. This should apply to all grades.
3 That two periods a week be granted the High School
for music instead of one as at present, If necessary, the periods
could be made shorter than at present.
4 That the study of harmony and theory be introduced into
the High School. Also one period of music appreciation each
week.
5 Credit for outside music study should be granted to any
pupil who desires the same, following the course of study re-
commended by the director of music. May I ask your very
careful consideration of the latter? The above suggestions would
be of the utmost value to our pupils.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR HAROLD TOZER.
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DRAWING.
1 o the Superintendent of Schools,
Ipswich, Mass.
Dear Sir: —
It gives me pleasure to submit my first report on the
Art Work in the schools of Ipswich since September, 1919.
In the first four grades, the progressive method of drawing,
outlined by the Massachusetts Normal Art School, has been
used since my work began in the schools of Ipswich. The pur-
pose of this method is to develop the pencil habit, that is, the
power to draw freely and fluently forms of practical utility
which the majority of people find it useful to represent. The
aim is to build up a serviceable vocabulary, so to speak, for use
at all times, when we have to draw from memory without the
aid of models. It is impossible to teach the children to draw
all the needed forms. This descriptive drawing is wholly de-
pendent upon the memory images that we have stored away.
In selecting the forms to memorize for our graphic vocabulary,
we find that the majority of things are built upon the rectangle,
square, triangle, and circle. The house, barn, and furnishings
are really made on the type forms and their modifications. If
the typical form is memorized and can be turned in any position
without reference to the model, that is, if the form is really a
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part of the pupil's own mental furniture, it is an easy matter for
him to add the details and complete the story.
In the two upper grades and in the junior high, the per-
spective drawing is taught and I hope to take up elementary
construction drawing and simple working drawings in the jun-
ior high, preparatory to more advanced work m the high
school.
Color work and nature painting are taken up in the fall and
spring.
The materials used in the Art Work in the grades are pen-
cil, crayons, brush and ink, and water colors.
In the high school, the perspective principles are carried
out in a more advanced form in the freshman freehand drawing
class. In the sophomore, junior, and senior freehand drawing
classes, shaded work has been taught in both pencil and char-
coal. The Committee has furnished us with some very fine
casts which the pupils are working from with very great inter-
est.
Principles of design will be taken up and applied in mak-
ing different things in leather, such as pocket books, scissors
cases, etc.
The work in mechanical drawing includes geometric prob-
lems, working drawings, and sectional views, in preparation for
technical schools.
In closing I wish to thank the Superintendent and the School
Committee for their sincere support, and the teachers for their
co-operation and willingness in carrying oi»t the lesson plans.
Respectfully submitted,
ANNA L. NASON.
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MANUAL TRAINING.
To the Superintendent of Schools,
Ipswich, Mass.
Dear Sir: —
The work of this department has been continued
along the same general lines as those of last year.
At the beginning of the fall term it became necessary to en-
large the plant to the limit of capacity in order to accommo-
date the increasing number of pupils. The work-benches were
taken up and rearranged with a view to giving the best possible
working conditions to a maximum number of pupils to a class.
New benches with their equipment of tools were purchased
and put in place. Additional drop-lights were installed, so that
each bench has the proper amount of light. Under the new
arrangement all the floor space has been most economically
utilized and meets fairly well the requirements of sanitary and
healthful working conditions. Lack of heat in extremely cold
weather is our only draw-back.
The first year's work in this department is beset with many
difficulties. The work is new to the pupil and he is apt to look
upon it as some form of recreation or play. We have to teach
him at the outset that manual training is a subject that develops
the mind and gives skill to the hand at one and the same time,
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and requires as close attention to the directions given as does
the solution of a problem in arithmetic. And not until the pu-
pil realizes that he must concentrate his thought upon the work
in hand can we expect anything but poor results. When he
gets the proper control of his mind and uses it in connection
with his work, then he begins to progress.
This is what we try to impress upon the pupil at the start
and, therefore, we endeavor to hold all preliminary work up to
a good standard of accuracy. He must learn where to draw
his line, or mark, and must understand why it is placed there;
and then he must try to work to it, not play to it.
We have also tried to have the pupils understand the value
of the material they are using. The first cost of . the stock or
lumber they get from the purchase slip, and to this they can
add the labor cost, which gives them the real cost of the article
made. Waste of material or time is not permitted, and work
must be completed at the required time. Some pupils work
faster than others, but the amount of work is not so great but
what the average boy can complete it before the close of the
period, if he pays proper attention to what is given him to do.
We have tried to be as economical with the use of material
as possible, although lumber of all kinds has advanced in price
from 200 to 400 per cent, since 1915. You will find by refer-
ring to lumber bills of that year that this year's bill will not ex-
ceed that of the year mentioned.
Our aim has been to have the pupils make a practical ap-
plication of the subjects taught in the grades. The careful
measurements which we must insist upon, give them a knowl-
edge of the uses of arithmetic, and the same is true of drawing.
And with the co-operation of the grade teachers, we feel that
this training will assist the boy to become a better student and
a better citizen.
So far the work has been confined to the making of simple
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 41
articles of practical use absolutely by hand. Only on very special
occasions do we make use of the machines for work which the
boys themselves can do. Every sample of work for which they
are credited is the work of their hands under supervision. The
laying out, marking, sawing, planing, jointing and beveling are
required to be done by the pupils themselves, and must come
up to a certain standard of accuracy, by frequent repetition if
necessary, before they can pass on to the next piece of work.
If the work begun here in the lower grades could be con-
tinued through the remaining grades and the high school we
should have some very good specimens of workmanship to
exhibit.
In closing let me say that we have about 1 75 boys taking
work in this department.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR W. GOULD.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
To the Superintendent of Schools,
Ipswich, Mass.
Dear Sir: —
In submitting my second annual report as director of
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physical education in the Public Schools of Ipswich I would
gratefully acknowledge the hearty co-operation of yourself and
the principals and teachers of the High School and the Gram-
mar and Primary Schools.
The daily setting up drill in the Junior High School de-
serves particular mention. In this school the teachers, under
the able guidance of the principal, have developed a splendid
set of leaders. This is one of decided social as well as physi-
cal training value, and will in time head a general system of
self-management in Physical Education and in Play and Recre-
ation.
The prescribed system of exercises, games and dances is
now well advanced in the Winthrop and the Burley Schools,
and here also pupils are gradually trained in leadership.
I shall dwell at some length upon the educational value of
developing pupil leadership in the Public Schools. I brought
this system to the attention of the National Physical Education
Society at their Annual Conference last spring, and find that it
meets with heartiest approval of specialists, as well as of the
leaders in American Education. I hope, therefore, that it will
be possible for us to get better results in the Senior High School,
but this is only possible if every member of the High School
faculty is in accord with this idea, and they consequently aid
heartily in the training of pupil leaders.
The dearth of child leaders in our present day meagre
child-play-world is generally admitted by all educational ex-
perts, and the last annual National Convention urged that group
activities and self-management ought to be extended into all
our school affairs.
"In the past, leaders originated ideas, they initiated move-
ments, they gathered a following about them, they trained them
to their point of view, and they created new conditions, new
opportunities and new institutions."
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 49
"The group followed leadership with eagerness and later
learned discrimination. Frequently different leaders lead in
different activities."
"In the traditions of primitive society it is a divinity or a
hero who founds the city, establishes laws, settles government,
wins wars, or invents writings, music, dances and games."
Thomas Carlyle in his "Heroes and Hero worship" shows
this.
"The generic view of modern society minimizes the value
of individual leadership. We see that governments and relig-
ions grow, and they cannot go far ahead of the development of
the people. The degree of economic determination also limits
both the group and its leaders."
-. We have also learned how tradition gathers around per-
sonality, blending under one name the virtues and the acts of
many people. And yet we recognize that individual variants
may give us leaders of incalculable value for all the purposes of
life.
What makes Leadership?
The leader must have courage, even daring, a strong will
and self esteem, for he must be able to stand alone. He must
have vision and inventiveness, for he must lead the way.
He must have a keen sense of the values in others, that he
may select able assistants.
He leads through affirmation, repetition, and contagion.
Loyalty Among Children.
In their weakness and absence of sense of law, and with
their strong gregarious instinct, children naturally attach them-
selves strongly to persons. They love to lead and they love to
follow. Leadership with them, as with savages, is largely a
matter of strength, The boy who can lick the others, jump far-
ther, or do more daring things, becomes captain.
50 IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
Intellectual supremacy counts for little. Discipline is main-
tained mainly by force or fear, though if the leader has a sense
of fair play it helps him in the long run.
Leadership Through Prestige.
About the age of twelve, various forms of what we may
call made-up leadership becomes important. Social position
begins to be recognized. Wealth, and the possession of a fine
home, servants, and carriages, may give a child an enviable po-
sition. A little later, the way one wears his clothes, his man-
ners, intellectual ability, or marked self-control give him a posi-
tion of prominence.
Two Kinds of Leaders in America.
The masses admire strenuous characters who bluster and
who deliver the goods, the political boss.
The more intelligent class admires and follows intelligent,
self-controlled and devoted men.
A democracy must work to increase this second class.
Here we have the mental, moral and social significance of
the value of stimulating pupil leaders in physical education.
What an opportunity in turning our teachers from mere teach-
ers of physical stunts into organizers of an efficient play-world
of children, from mere lecturers of personal hygiene into engi-
neers of psycho-physical happiness!
Remember that the instincts for fundamental motor activ-
ities which lead to psycho-physical efficiency are within most nor-
mal children, and that we cannot merely look upon our public
schools as asylums for abnormal children who need remedial
treatment.
Remember that modern schooling is to blame for many of
our children's ailments, but that we ought still to think of our
schools as mainly inhabited by normal children whose healthy
normal development we must safeguard. Let us think out
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 51
more preventative measures and less about corrective sys-
tems.
But here we have also the physical significance of the value
of promoting pupil leadership in physical education, because a
child's fundamental faculty of learning is imitation, and it is
much better for him to imitate the vigorous, graceful, normal and
childlike poise of his mates than the fancy and age-handicapped
contortions of us teachers.
There is a questionable stimulation of the imitative sense of
children, of the deep knee bend, stoop standing, stretch stride
standing example of the average school teacher who is becom-
ingly dressed in semi-modified modern shoes, skirt and silk
waist.
Let us point out against such doubtful physical example,
the wonderful possibilities which will develop if these same
very capable pedagogues and experts of child nature would de-
vote their time to finding among the strong and vigorous, and
the straight and graceful, those children who have the elements
of good leaders in their mental and physical machinery and
then train these for self-controlled and devoted leadership.
All this can be done in every class room by organizing six
to eight groups. This can be developed further by the help of
school yards and playgrounds, and by gardening, and excur-
sions into woods and fields; not only in formal gymnastics, as a
part of our medicine which we modern people must learn to
take, but in games and play, in teams and clubs, in Scouting
and gardening, in hiking and marching.
These germs planted in the daily sessions in the school
room will germinate in the play world, in the home and back
yards and the playgrounds.
Even if we have a specialist of a broad system of motor-
izing and socializing our children in every city school building,
unless this specialist develops pupil leadership, he cannot have
52 IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
effective hygienic practice daily in every school, but at most can
have only two exercises a week in the gymnasium. This may
be good as far as it goes but it can at best be only academic
regimentation.
I invite the teachers to become organizers of groups and to
become master-teachers. Learn to recognize born leaders and
learn the fascination of training leadership and the psycho-phy-
sical and social significance of pupil leadership.
Teach ideals just ahead of the group, teach heroes daring-
ly, "a diamond with a flaw is better than a perfect pebble.'*
Recognize leadership in the home and in the school. Give it
its head; give it opportunity for expression through varied or-
ganizations, especially with fundamental and instinctive motor
activities.
Emphasize general excellency; moral excellence may give
us prigs; intellectual ability may make exploiters, physical
strength may make brutes.
Work for character; praise it; and give it room to act.
In closing 1 would like to recall to your attention the suc-
cess of our First Annual School Field Day. I have held many
such affairs in all parts of Massachusetts. This one was a great
success and much of it was due to the splendid co-operation of
public spirited citizens of Ipswich. I know that such affairs
promote friendship and community loyalty and the schools
should annually promote a number of such festivals.
Respecfully submitted,
ERNST HERMANN,
Director of Physical Education.
IPSWfCH SCHOOL REPORT. 53
SCHOOL NURSE.
To the Superintendent of Schools,
Ipswich, Mass.
Dear Sir: —
I respectfully submit the following report of this de-
partment for the year 1919:
School Visits 239
Home Visits 1 126
Children taken to Dental Clinic 197
(120 children were actually taken, but some had extra visits.)
Children taken to Occulist 7
Assisted Dr. with Physical Examinations 9 1 1
Children weighed, measured and exam-
ined by Nurse 987
Class Room Inspections 9600
Many Health Talks have been made.
Contagious Diseases: Mumps 84
Scarlet Fever I 8
Diphtheria 5
Pneumonia 2
Whooping Cough 2
Chicken Pox 18
Miscellaneous: Tonsil an Adenoid Op. 26
Appendicitis 4
Broken Arms 5
Respectfully submitted,
MARTHA J. STEWART.
54 IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
ATTENDANCE REPORT.
To the Superintendent of Schools,
Ipswich, Mass.
Dear Sir: —
I herewith submit the following report for the year
ending December 31, 1919:
I have investigated such cases as were reported to me and
found the pupils absent for the following reasons:
Sickness
118
Kept out by parents
73
Truants
47
Lack of clothing, shoes, etc.
34
Found on street and taken to school
29
Cases in court
3
Left town
8
Found at home and taken to school
23
335
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. TOZER,
Attendance Officer.
HONORABLE MENTION.
Miss Annie P. Wade's school has the honor of having two
pupils who have not been absent, tardy, nor dismissed for the
entire year. There names are John Michon and Dorothy Will-
comb. They may well be proud of their perfect attendance
record.
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
55
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR
Term
Begins
CI
oses
Winter
January 5
February 27
Spring
March 8
April 30
Summer
May 10
June 25
Fall
September 8
December 24
Teachers must report for duty on Tuesday, September 7,
at 9 a.m., one day previous to the opening ot school for the
fall term.
Holidays.
Every Saturday; Columbus Day, October 12; Wednesday
Afternoon, Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving Week; Jan-
uary 1; February 22; April 19; Memorial Day; June 17; and
Good Friday.
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VITAL STATISTICS.
We have taken these tables of vital statistics from copies
furnished us N by our Town Clerk, Mr. Charles W. Bamford. In
every case persons born in any of the British Provinces, Ireland,
Scotland or Wales have been excluded. It will be seen from
the table that the number of foreign fathers has increased 100
per cent since 1912.
Births.
Foreign
Foreign
Year
Number
Fathers
Mothers
1912
159
57
59
1913
146
62
62
1914
144
75
75
1915
118
55
57
1916
168
99
100
1917
149
82
78
1918
182
109
107
1919
195
114
112
58 IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
Forty-Fifth Annual Commencement
OF THE
Manning High School, Class of 1919
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1919.
Program.
Invocation Rev. William A. Wood
School Chorus
"Rest in Peace" £A£evin
Salutatory Cora Henrietta Benedix
A Stone to the House of Life
Essay Spencer Whitcomb King
After the Whirlwind, the Still Small Voice
School Glee Club
"Shout Aloud in Triumph" Manned
Class History Georgia Eliza Reid
Valedictory Edith Mable Spyut
Ad Astra Per Aspera
Address Dr. Kenneth C M. Sills
President Bowdoin College
Presentation of Diplomas Herbert W. Mason
Chairman School Committee
School Chorus
"When the Flag Goes By" ZACevin
Benediction
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 59
CLASS OF 1919.
CLASS OFFICERS.
Spencer Whitcomb King President
Ethelinda Tucker Vice-President
Georgia Eliza Reid Secretary
Samuel Francis Gordon Treasurer
COLLEGE COURSE.
Lucy Burnham Sturgis Ethelinda Tucker
William Emerson Tucker Clarice Madeline Davison
Myrtle Estelle Goditt Georgia Eliza Reid
SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
Chester Anthony Everett Douglas Jewett
Cleon Bancroft Johnson Spencer Whitcomb King
NORMAL COURSE.
Ellen Francis Margaret O'Brien Gladys May Brown
Thelma Damon Margaret Theresa Reilly
GENERAL COURSE.
Samuel Francis Gordon Austin Robinson Caverly
Althea Veronica Hayes Marion Elizabeth Phillips
COMMERCIAL COURSE.
George Herbert Mayes Lucy Lauriat Bailey
Bessie May Chapman Mildred Katherine Davis
Susie Maria Dewar Ada Emily Hobert
Elsie Elizabeth Jones Edith Mable Spyut
Cora Henrietta Benedix
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 61
LIST of TEACHERS
- — IN THE
Ipswich Public Schools.
John P. Marston High School
Ralph C. Whipple
Lois E. Mann
Evelyn C. Silva
Elizabeth C. Ferguson
Elizabeth M. Wood
Miriam F. Cushman
Helen M. Sanby
Katherine F. Sullivan Winthrop
S. Isabelle Arthur
L. Eva Stearns
Emma Bell
Leroy W. Jackman
Helen M. Anderson
Mrs. William Fisher
Mabel V. Ladd
Eva A. Willcomb
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Hazel M. Weare
Marion P. Webster
Nellie Sullivan
Lydia S. Harris
Ethel W. Archer
Amy Stanford
Grace M. Bowlen
Frances Trussel
L. Ardell Kimball
Annie P. Wade
Elizabeth A. Caldwell
Mrs. Leslie Millard
Myrtle H. Cunningham
Mrs. Augusta Greenache
Ruth F. Joyce
Cora H. Jewett
Marion E. Brown
Anna L. Nason
Arthur H. Tozer
Ernst Hermann
Joseph I. Horton
Burley
Portable
it
Payne
Dennison
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Cogswell
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Candlewood
Wainwright
Linebrook
Grape Island
Domestic Science
Drawing
Music
Physical Director
Superintendent
Auditor's Report.
To the Citizens of Ipswich:
I herewith submit the Annual Report
of the Heard and Treadwell Funds as compiled from the books
of the Treasurer of the Trustees. I have found receipts for all
bills paid and I have examined the various Stocks and Bonds
of which these funds are composed and have found them to
agree with the reports submitted. There is no report of the
Manning School and R. H. Manning Funds because, owing to
the illness of the Treasurer of these funds, I have been unable
to audit these accounts.
FREDERICK S. WITHAM,
Auditor.
February 11, 1920.
64 IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
Heard Fund of Ipswich Public Library.
Income:
Balance on hand January 1st, 1919 $ 305 29
Received from investments 2245 24
Received from Treadwell Fund 800 00
$3350 53
Expenditures:
Salaries $1058 69
Insurance and miscellaneous expenses 744 27
Balance on hand January I, 1920 1547 57
$3350 53
• NOTE. — Expenditures cover a period of 1 3 months, as the
report of last year ended December 1 , while this year it in-
cludes payments to January 1, 1920.
Securities Comprising Heard Fund.
33 shares B & L RR, preferred stock
35 shares B&MRR
1 shares Fitchburg RR, preferred stock
1 share C B & RR, 3 1-2 percent bond
1 United Electric & Power bond
3 Northern Pacific Great Northern 4 per cent bonds
1 Aurora Elgin & Chicago bond
3 Quincy Gas & Electric bonds
1 Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern bond
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
$5846 00
1470 00
900 00
945 00
950 00
2830 00
1000 00
3000 00
1000 00
216 64
$18157 64
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
65
Treadwell Fund.
Income:
Cash on hand January 1, 1919
Received from investments
Expenditures:
Sal
alaries
Miscellaneous expenses
Transferred to Heard Fund
Balance paid on Liberty Bond
Balance on hand January 1, 1920
$ 11028
2773 24
$2883 52
$ 50 00
451 47
800 00
253 43
1328 62
$2883 52
Securities Comprising Treadwell Fund.
50 shares Fitchburg RR, preferred stock
30 shares Old Colony RR, preferred stock
25 shares B & P RR, preferred stock
25 shares Me Central RR, preferred
25 shares Vt & Mass RR, preferred stock
25 shares B & A RR, preferred stock
$4500 00
5215 00
6300 00
3080 00
3460 00
3990 00
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
1 City of Fostoria, Ohio, 4 per cent bond
I American Tel & Tel Co, 4 per cent bond
1 Aurora Elgin & Chicago RR, 5 per cent bond
1 Kansas Gas & Electric, 5 per cent bond
1 Quincy Gas & Electric Heating, 5 "
1 Quincy Gas & Electric Heating, 5 per cent bond
1 Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern bond
1 Missouri Pacific RR bond
2 Liberty Bonds
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
Deposited in Salem Savings Bank
530 00
1 000 00
1000 00
1000 00
950 00
1000 00
1000 00
1000 00
825 78
750 00
$35600 78
Thomas H. Lord Fund
1 Liberty Bond
Income from same
$1000 00
57 40
$1057 40
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 67
Brown School Fund.
February 3, 1920.
The Trustees of the Brown School Fund present the follow-
ing report for the year 1919:
The funds are as follows:
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank $1386 48
Deposited in Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 1124 59
$2511 07
Income since last report:
Dividend from Ipswich Savings Bank $54 80
Dividend from Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 49 80
$104 60
Expenditures for the year:
Paid in part, salary of Candlewood teacher, two months $90 00
Balance $14 60
Respectfully submitted,
A STORY BROWN )
CHARLES G. BROWN [ Trustees
BENJ. R. HORTON )
Ipswich, Mass., February 4, 1920.
I hereby certify that I have this day audited the receipts and expenditures
of the Brown School Fund and find that the same are correct as shown
by the above report. FREDERICK S. WITHAM, Auditor.
68
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
Burley Education Fund.
The Trustees of the Burley Education Fund present here-
with their ninety-fourth Annual Report:
The funds in their hands are as follows:
In Ipswich Savings Bank $3387 33
Caldwell fund in Ipswich Savings Bank 1 1 50 05
In Salem Savings Bank 1676 44
In Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 2070 03
Fifteen shares, common, B & M Railroad stock 540 00
Liberty bonds, second issue, converted 700 00
Liberty bond, fourth issue 1 000 00
Income for the year 1919 has been as follows:
From Ipswich Savings Bank
From Caldwell Fund
From Salem Savings Bank
From Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
From Liberty bonds, second issue
Erom Liberty bonds, fourth issue
From Town Note
$404 70
Expenditure has been thirty-six cents, incident to conver-
sion of Liberty Bonds.
FRANK T. GOODHUE
JOSEPH T. MORTON
GEORGE W. TOZER
JOHN W. NOURSE
Ipswich, Mass., January 16, 1920.
I hereby certify that I have this day audited the receipts and expenditures
of the Burley Education Fund and find that the same are correct as shown
by the above report. FREDERICK S. W1THAM, Auditor.
$10523 85
$128 64
44 64
41 27
90 07
30 63
41 45
28 00
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 69
FEOFFEES OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
1918-1919.
Property in the hands of the Feoffees as follows:
Little Neck, valued at $5000 00
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank 7974 90
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank (Essex School
Farm) 1681 58
Income and receipts since the last report as follow:
From land rent at Little Neck
Taxes from cottage owners, Little Neck
From Ipswich Savings Bank
Interest on deposits, Ipswich Savings Bank
Disbursements:
Rees Jenkins, labor
Joseph A Beaulieu, labor
J P Marston, salary
L A Peabody, labor
Canney Lumber Co., lumber
Joseph A King, repairs
Justin Hull, labor
Ipswich Chronicle, printing
C F Chapman & Son, barrel
Ipswich Mills, repairs
$1720 00
1172 25
545 98
376 82
$3615 05
$381 35
164 66
410 00
11 12
45 90
16 79
6 00
2 00
5 25
2 00
70 IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
Damon & Damon, insurance
Envelopes
John W Goodhue, sundries
F F Byron
Town of Ipswich, taxes
Town of Ipswich, water
Treasurer's salary
G H W Hayes, legal opinion
Ipswich Savings Bank, deposit
Income over expenses
Amount due for land rent at Little Neck
Amount due for taxes from cottages owners
GEORGE E. FARLEY, Treasurer.
$ 111 50
3 93
15 61
11 00
1610 68
10 88
100 00
5 00
376 82
258 56
$3615 05
$912 00
691 09
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 71
Department of Medical Inspection and Hygiene.
Report of the School Physician.
To the Superintendent of Schools,
Ipswich, Mass.
Dear Sir: —
An intensive study of the problems with which this
department has to deal has been carried on the past year. This
study applied to our school system as a whole shows that much
constructive work has been undertaken, and that along certain
lines the results obtained are very gratifying.
But it must be admitted that there is much yet to be done
before the children in our schools will attain that degree of
bodily vigor so necessary as a basis upon which to build all that
should be built upon their potential mentality.
A careful examination of 962 children showed 367 to be
under weight. A large proportion of these under-weights are
shown to be under nourished, although they showed no evi-
dence of organic disease. These were found to be 38.14 per
cent, underweight, which is about the same percentage as was
found among the young men examined for military service
during the late war. Examinations in other places have re-
vealed about the same condition, even Brookline where condi-
tions of living are supposed to be of the best, furnishing a large
percentage of underweights.
72 IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
I feel that physical training has done much for our boys
and girls, and it is in that field that we may confidently look for
greater results in building up good physiques for our children.
Splendid work has been done there and it should be more in-
tensively developed. I hope everyone will read carefully and
ponder upon the report of Mr. Hermann, the physical director.
Ipswich is most fortunate in having this work done under his
direction.
Governor Coolidge in his last message to the legislature,
recognizing the general prevalence of this minimum standard of
health among the children in this Commonwealth, points out
what he believes to be the duty of the public schools. Here is
what he says:
Along with economy of resources should go conservation
of the public health. The physical well-being of a people is
the foundation of all advancement. Lack of bodily vigor is the
beginning of a State's decadence in all things. With a people
in a sound physical condition, all things are possible. Great
progress has been made in medical science and skill, and relief
has been found from many of the terrors of disease. But too
little attention has been given to full bodily development, which
after all is not a matter of accident, of heredity or environment,
but of intelligent training. This work should be attacked with
great vigor in all our schools. We cannot breed a race of weak-
lings and hope to survive in any of the world competitions.
"It has, besides, a moral aspect. The unsound social and
economic theories which deluge the earth from time to time are
not the progeny of stalwart men and women. Sound bodies do
not breed that kind of unsound doctrines. Along with a vigor-
ous training for physical development should go a teaching to
think healthful thoughts. For, after all, it must be remembered
that 'as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he."
The suggestions contained in the above, coming from such
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 73
a source, should receive the careful consideration of all our
people, and the school authorities should take measures to see
that the children receive the instruction and training in health
promotion to which they are entitled.
On the whole the health of the children has been good.
I fail to find in the death returns for the year the names of any
children registered in our schools. This shows that the children
who are underweight and undernourished may be built up in
health and vigor by intelligent training and health supervision.
Something of this kind was evidently in the Governor's mind
when he pointed out in his message what he conceived to be
the duty of the public schools.
The report of the school nurse shows that she did a vast
amount of work which involved an immense amount of detail,
and I know that she worked on this detail a great many hours
that for her own good she should have devoted to recreation.
I hope the public will appreciate as it should, this important vol-
untary service. Had it not been rendered, the deductions I
have made for this department would not have been possible.
I shall not discuss these deductions in this report but shall try to
point out to the school authorities what they show to me with
the hope that larger results will be obtained the coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. MacARTHUR,
School Physician.
Ipswich, February 1, 1920.
74 iPSWrCH.: SCHOOL fiEPORT.
INDEX.
Organization of School Committee Page 3
Financial Statement 4
Report of School Committee 5
Report of Superintendent 9
Domestic Science Department 14
Manual Training 1 5
Underweight Pupils 1 5
School Exhibition 1 7
Field Day 18
Rural Schools 19
Night School 19
Repairs and Improvements 2 1
Salaries 22
Recommendations 23
Penny Savings 24
General 25
Abstract of School Laws 27
Budget 3 1
Acknowledgments 32
Junior High School 34
Domestic Science:
Cooking 37
Sewing 39
Music 4 1
Drawing 43
Manual Training 45
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 75
Physical Education 47
School Nurse 53
Attendance Report 54
School Calendar 55
No School Signals 56
Vital Statistics 5 7
Commencement Exercises 58
Distribution of Pupils 60
List of Teachers 61
Auditor's Report 63
Heard Fund 64
Treadwell Fund 65
Thomas H Lord Fund 66
Brown School Fund 67
Burley Education Fund 68
Feoffees' Report 69
Repor of School Physician 7 1
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WARRANT FOR
Annual Town Meeting
Essex, ss.
To Clifford C. Boylan, Constable of the Town of Ipswich, in
said County, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you
are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of
Ipswich, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town
Hall, in said Ipswich, on
Monday, the First Day of March, 1920,
at 7.30 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the
following articles, viz:
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Article I. To choose a Moderator to -preside in said meeting
Article 2. To fix the compensation of Town Officers.
Article 3. To choose the following officers, viz:
One Selectman for three years.
One Assessor of Taxes for three years.
One Overseer of the Poor for three years.
Town Clerk for three years.
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year.
Auditor for one year.
One Water and Electric Lighting Commissioner tbi three
years.
Two members of the School Committee for three years.
One member of the Board of Health for three years.
Constable for one year.
One Superintendent of Cemeteries for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Clam Commissioner for three years.
Also to vote YES or NO upon the following question:
"Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors
in this town?"
The above named officers and question to be voted for upon
one ballot on iMONDAY, the EIGHTH DAY of MARCH, 1 920.
The polls will be open at 6-15 o'clock A.M. and may be
closed at 4-45 o'clock P.M.
Article 4. To choose all other necessary Town Officers.
Article 5. To hear and act upon the report of the Finance
Committee, and raise and appropriate money for town charges
for the ensuing year.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treas-
urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in
anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Article 7, To seejf the town will appoint the Collector of
taxes an agent of the town to collect all bills due the town.
Article 8. To hear and act upon the reports of Trustees, Com-
mittees and 1 own Officers.
Article 9. To see if the town will authorize the Water and
Electric Lighting Commissioner:; to exiend the water system to
such parts of the town as may be desired, and provide for the
payment thereof.
Article 10. To see if the tosvn will authorize t'h er and
Electric Lighting Commissioners to extend ei her the street or
commercial lighting, and provide for the payment thereof.
Article I I. To see if the town will fix the date when taxes
shall become due and payable.
Article 12. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of
money not to exceed 5 per cent, of the tax levy of the year
1919, to be known as the Reserve Fund.
Article 1 3. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of
money for the observance of Memorial Day, and provide for the
payment thereof.
Article 14. To see if the town will set apart a-plot of land in
Highland Cemetery to be laid out for a lot for the burial of Sol-
diers, Marines and Sailors of the United States Army and Navy.
Article 1 5. To see what action the town will take to improve
the sanitary conditions of the Payne and Cogswell Schools, and
provide for the payment thereof.
Article 1 6. To see if the town will take any action in regard
to providing transportation facilities by means of Street Rail-
ways or otherwise.
Article 1 7. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of
money to provide band concerts, and provide for the payment
thereof.
Article 18. To see if the town will appoint a committee to
investigate the vault conditions in Town Hall.
Article 19. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of
money to build a new road bed the entire length of Argilla
Road, and provide for the payment thereof.
Article 20. To see if the town will appoint a Committee to
consider the possibility of acquiring the top of Town Hill for a
public park.
Article 21. To see if the town will accept the provisions of
Chapter 23, General Acts of 1917, which provides for the li-
censing of Coffee Houses, so-called.
Article 22. To see what compensation will be allowed the
members of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
Article 23. To see if the town will purchase an auto pump-
ing engine or make < s in our present equipment and pro-
vide for the payment cf the same.
Article 24. To see if the town will purchase and install ad-
ditional machinery and generating equipment for the Electric
Light Department and provide for the payment of the same.
Article 25. To see if the town will extend the water system
through Blaisdell Ave. and provide for the payment of the
same.
Article 26. To see if the town will extend the electric light-
ing system through Blaisdell Ave. and provide for the payment
of the same..
Article 27. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of
money for maintaining the Playground for the ensuing year, and
provide for the payment thereof.
Article 28. To ses if the town will appoint a committee to
look into the matter of road construction, with the idea of ac-
quiring the services of an expert if necessary, and provide for
the payment thereof.
Article 29. To see if the town will take any action on a bill
before the Legislature which provides for a Public Reservation
on Plum Island and the establishment of the Plum Island Res-
ervation Commission.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up at-
tested copies thereof, one at the Town House, one at the Post
Office, and one at each of the Public Meeting Houses in said
town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with
your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place
of said meeting.
Given under our hands this eighteenth day of February in
the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
FRANK W. KYES ) Selectmen
EBEN B. MOULTON of
JOHN A. BROWN S Ipswich.
A True Copy.
Attest: Constable
Ipswich, Mass., February 18, 1920.
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